Rates of Suicide Ideation and Associated Risk Factors Among Female Secondary School Students in Iraq
Female Iraqi secondary school students experience high levels of suicidality, alongside several other known risk factors for suicide ideation. However, a limitation of this study is that cross-sectional designs limit causal interpretation. Findings emphasise the importance of developing targeted school-based interventions to support students' mental health. Increasing research and attention in this area is vital to not only improving the mental health of students in Iraq but also reducing the stigma around mental health and suicide. Future policies should include specific mental health support for those young people affected by conflict, displacement and family loss, integrating trauma-informed care into both mental health and educational services.
Authors
- Saad Sabet Alatrany
- Sarah Nadeem (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3095-3406)
- Jo Robinson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5652-918X)
- Molly McCarthy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2504-6799)
- Abbas Saad Alatrany (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4504-1506)
- Hasan ALi Sayyid ALdrraji
- Pooja Saini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4981-7914)
- Emma Ashworth (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5279-4514)
- Dhiya Al‐Jumeily (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9170-0568)
- Ashraf Muwafaq Flaiyah
Institutions
- University of Baghdad (IQ)
- University of Leicester (GB)
- The University of Melbourne (AU)
- Glenfield Hospital (GB)
- University of Information Technology and Communications (IQ)
- Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre (GB)
- Liverpool John Moores University (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Healthcare
- Published
- 2025-05-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare13111260
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.61