A review of Suicide Behavior Among Arab Adolescents

A review of Suicide Behavior Among Arab Adolescents

Islam prohibits the taking of one's life, because this way you will interfere with the work of G-d (Allah), which is clear from several places in the Quran. Concerning individual suicide or suicide attempts in various Arab countries the literature is sparse and the incidence low. In this paper...

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Main Authors: Mohammed Morad, Efrat Merrick, Amir Schwarz, Joav Merrick
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2005-01-01
Series:The Scientific World Journal
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/tsw.2005.84
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spelling doaj-7c6fe61aa4c74635a435ae16dd751cf62020-11-25T02:14:00ZengHindawi LimitedThe Scientific World Journal1537-744X2005-01-01567467910.1100/tsw.2005.84A review of Suicide Behavior Among Arab AdolescentsMohammed Morad0Efrat Merrick1Amir Schwarz2Joav Merrick3Clalit Health Services, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, IsraelNational Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, IsraelDivision for Mental Retardation, Ministry of Social Affairs, Jerusalem, IsraelDivision for Community Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, IsraelIslam prohibits the taking of one's life, because this way you will interfere with the work of G-d (Allah), which is clear from several places in the Quran. Concerning individual suicide or suicide attempts in various Arab countries the literature is sparse and the incidence low. In this paper we present a review of research from Israel showing that suicide epidemiology among the Arab population of children and adolescents display a low incidence, but an increase has been observed over the past decade, but still much lower than the Jewish population. We believe that there is a need for the development of prevention and intervention strategies in order to keep this incidence low.http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/tsw.2005.84
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description Islam prohibits the taking of one's life, because this way you will interfere with the work of G-d (Allah), which is clear from several places in the Quran. Concerning individual suicide or suicide attempts in various Arab countries the literature is sparse and the incidence low. In this paper we present a review of research from Israel showing that suicide epidemiology among the Arab population of children and adolescents display a low incidence, but an increase has been observed over the past decade, but still much lower than the Jewish population. We believe that there is a need for the development of prevention and intervention strategies in order to keep this incidence low.
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