Assessment and management of suicidality in a mental health survey among poverty affected adolescents in Nepal
Overall, integrating suicidality measures in mental health surveys was found to be effective suicide assessment and preventive strategy for adolescents in Nepal. Developing suicide management protocols within mental health surveys is essential and feasible for real-time monitoring and response to suicidal behavior among at-risk populations in LMICs, including Nepal.
Authors
- Crick Lund (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5159-8220)
- Sabina Maharjan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3192-8253)
- Rakesh Singh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0016-6903)
- Emily Garman
- Kamal Gautam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9401-9359)
- Pratik Khanal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1057-5700)
- Nagendra P. Luitel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8291-0205)
- Mark J. D. Jordans (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5925-8039)
- Karuna Raya Chhetri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-6244-749X)
Institutions
- University of Cape Town (ZA)
- King's College London (GB)
- George Washington University (US)
- Center for Health and Gender Equity (US)
- Nepal Agricultural Research Council (NP)
- NLR Nepal (NP)
- Nepal Water Conservation Foundation (NP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Public Health
- Published
- 2025-10-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-24943-y
- Primary Topic
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Wellcome Trust
- National Institute for Health and Care Research
- Department of Health and Social Care