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Examining Student Perspectives On Suicidal Behaviour and Its Prevention in Sri Lanka

Ruwan Ratnayake

Paul Links

Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, 30 Bond Street, Suite 2010, Shuter Wing, Toronto, ON, Canada M5B 1W8, rratnaya{at}jhsph.edu

Background: Suicidal behaviour, primarily through self-poisoning, is a major public health problem among youth in Sri Lanka.

Methods: This article describes a qualitative study of student perspectives on suicidal behaviour and its prevention. Focus groups were held with students 17—20 years of age. A discussion of the perceived causes of suicidal behaviour provided the context for discussing prevention efforts.

Conclusion: Participants identified pathways to suicidal behaviour and emphasized experiential aspects and the variability of fatal intent. Suggestions for prevention tended to emphasize the strengthening of community-oriented actions in order to better realize lethal means restrictions.

Key Words: deliberate self-harm • self-poisoning • suicidal behaviour • Sri Lanka

International Journal of Social Psychiatry, Vol. 55, No. 5, 387-400 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/0020764008098699
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