1. Aggression, Suicide, and Self-Harm in Children and Adolescents.
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Shah, Henal, Gupta, Nitin, Chhabria, Anjali, and Khar, Prerna
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ADOLESCENCE , *SUICIDE , *TEENAGERS , *COVID-19 pandemic , *SUICIDE statistics - Abstract
Suicide is the second leading cause of death among adolescents in the age group of 15 to 19 years. As per the National Crime Record Bureau, India loses 1 student to suicide every hour. The COVID pandemic saw an alarming rise in the number of children/adolescents attempting suicide. The state of Kerala lost 173 children in the age group of 10 to 18 years, during the first wave of the pandemic (March-October 2020). This review article has been written with the aim of exploring causes of aggression, suicide, and self-harm in children and adolescents. It also strives to bring forth the various interventions which can be taken in order to reduce the rate of suicide and self-harm in children and adolescents. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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