Suicidal behavior of minors aged 15-17 years in the Republic of Buryatia

The paper presents data on the prevalence (per 100 thousand people) of completed suicides among children and adolescents in the Republic of Buryatia for 2008-2018; the number of registered persons with incomplete suicide among minors aged 15-17 years in the Republic of Buryatia according to monitoring of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Buryatia in 2014-2018, the number of hospitalizations in the psychiatric hospital for minors aged 15-17 years; the cause for the suicide attempt. A small proportion (24.1%) of minors 15-17 years old who are admitted to a psychiatric hospital of all those registered with incomplete suicide in this age category is noted. Socio-demographic and clinical-psychopathological characteristics of juvenile parasuicides are evaluated in two groups: in the group of adolescents with the first request for specialist care (primary), and in the group of people who have received specialist outpatient care before hospitalization due to a suicidal attempt or inpatient treatment (repeated)...