Young Men Speak Out
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Published in 1999
A look at young men's views about depression,
suicidal thoughts and attempted suicide. This report includes
findings from a survey into suicidal feelings, examining young
men as individuals and how they relate to their families, schools,
communities and the wider world. It also looks at working towards a
more sensitive response and reports what young men want as
part of a solution.
From the introduction...
This study views adolescent depression and suicidal
behaviour from the perspective of young men themselves.
From a national survey of more than 1,300 young men, two groups
were identified: a wider depressed group (of 152 people) who
admitted to feeling depressed often or to having suicidal thoughts
or to having attempted suicide; and a smaller suicidal group (40
people) who admitted to feeling depressed often and thought about
killing themselves, and had actually attempted. The findings show
how these young men’s perceptions of themselves, their families and
their schools differed from those who did not have such
feelings.
The study adds another piece to the jigsaw of research on
adolescent suicide and depression. This information will be useful
to Samaritans and other agencies in their continuing work
preventing unnecessary deaths in young people.