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59 child suicide deaths in 3 years soared more than doubled

2021-11-23T11:34:37.968Z


Child deaths are distressing. The Child Death Case Review Committee issued its fifth report today (23rd), reviewing 259 child deaths from 2016 to 2018, of which 22.8%, or 59, were suicides.


Child deaths are distressing. The Child Death Case Review Committee issued its fifth report today (23rd), which reviewed 259 child deaths from 2016 to 2018. Of these, 22.8%, or 59, were suicides, the second only Due to natural death, the youngest was only 10 years old. Among the children who died by suicide, 4 were addicted to mobile phones or online games, and their parents had deleted the games or confiscated their mobile phones during their lifetime.

The committee believes that students have distorted ideas about death, such as believing that they can be reborn or continue after death.


There were 59 suicide cases in the past three years, which is more than double the three years from 2013 to 2015. In 2017, the number of suicide deaths of 24 children was the highest in the past 10 years.

The committee recommends that multi-professional emotional support should be increased by the public, parents, teachers and other stakeholders, and a total of 22 recommendations for children's suicide are put forward.


The Child Death Case Review Committee issued its fifth report today (23rd). The number of child suicide cases during the three-year period has more than doubled compared with the previous three-year review period.

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61% of 259 child deaths from 16 to 18 were natural deaths

The report of the Child Death Case Review Committee analyzed a total of 259 child deaths between 2016 and 2018, of which 159 (61.4%) were natural deaths, 59 (22.8%) were suicides, and 22 (8.5%) ) Accidental deaths, 7 deaths (2.7%) due to battering, 8 deaths (3.1%) unclassified unnatural deaths, and 4 deaths (1.5%) due to medical complications.

Committee Chairman Teresa Teng: Child death is heartbreaking, hope to eliminate risk factors for death

Committee chairperson Teresa Teng pointed out that child death cases are heartbreaking. In recent years, suicide and child abuse cases have attracted public attention. It is hoped that we can deepen our understanding of each case and eliminate the risk factors that lead to child deaths, thereby reducing child deaths.

She continued to point out that child suicide is second only to natural death, so it is a special topic to explore.

In 2017, there were 24 child suicide deaths, the highest in 10 years

The number of child suicides peaked at 21 in 2010, and then continued to decline. However, in 2016 it rose sharply to 21 again, and there were 24 in 2017, the highest number of child suicide deaths in the year on record.

59 children committed suicide during the three-year period, which more than doubled from the 28 cases in the three-year period from 2013 to 2015.

70% of suicide cases ranked second due to academic pressure and family problems

Deng Zhenpeng, the convenor of the committee's suicide case team, said that in 58 suicide cases, the youngest person was only 10 years old, and the largest age group was 15 to 17 years old.

He pointed out that more than 70% of children's suicides are due to academic pressure, followed by family problems, emphasizing that "suicide is a complex behavior", the above-mentioned indirect causes of children's suicide.

Children indulge in playing games or evade stress

Deng pointed out that there were 4 cases involving indulging in mobile phones or online games, being blocked by parents from deleting games or confiscating phone calls, inspiring them to commit suicide.

He said that children indulge in playing games or report emotional distress, trying to escape stress, and call on parents to improve parent-child relationships and understand children’s emotions and distress.

The committee recommends raising the awareness of peers, teachers, etc. on mental health issues, so that children suffering from emotional distress can be identified and intervened early.

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Sixty percent of the cases showed signs of seeking death during their lifetime, and some students expressed dissatisfaction with their parents in bloody black compositions

Deng continued that 40% of children who committed suicide had follow-up intervention during their lifetime, and 60% had revealed signs of seeking death.

He pointed out that there were students who expressed dissatisfaction with their parents in their compositions twice. One of them was more bloody and dark, and some students even mentioned the idea of ​​"death" and "rebirth", but none was discovered; yes The case was reprimanded by the teacher on the phone before his death, and some people had sent low-level letters to friends before they died, requesting that they be opened or forwarded to others at a specified time, and even revealed signs of suicide on social media.

Committee urges to strengthen inter-professional communication among psychiatrists, social workers and teachers

The committee recommends raising the awareness of peers, teachers, etc. on mental health issues, so that children suffering from emotional distress can be identified and intervened early.

To protect children who have been identified as high-risk, the committee also recommends strengthening inter-professional communication among psychiatrists, social workers, and teachers.

The society has always been concerned about the problem of students being bullied. Deng Zhenpeng pointed out that the children who committed suicide had bullied their classmates during their lifetime and had aggressive or destructive behaviors.

He explained that his behavior reflects problems such as inner anxiety, low self-esteem, and poor mood. The destructive behavior may reflect mental health problems. It is hoped that teachers will not only punish them, but can understand students better.

The committee recommends strengthening life and death education: some students have distorted ideas about death

During the analysis of the case, the committee also believed that the students had a distorted concept of death. If they believed that they could be reborn or continued after death, it suggested that students should be strengthened in life and death education.

Review and analysis of child deaths 18 Child suicides, 5 cases, there were signs, 3 cases occurred after being promoted to secondary school, Child deaths cases review committee analysis 20 children’s suicides, 70% of deaths were revealed but ignored. In the new school year, many suicide cases were issued by the Education Bureau to schools. Remind that students’ emotions prevent imitating Samaria will refer to young people’s suicide crisis Gao urges parents to listen more and avoid teaching tone communication The Bureau of Education urges educational psychologists to increase the concept of gatekeepers to help teachers identify students at high risk of suicide

Source: hk1

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