BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID: 1 VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-TIMEZONE: America/Los_Angeles DTSTAMP: 20260531T131839 BEGIN:VEVENT UID: info@vconferenceonline.com SUMMARY:International Psychology Keynote: Barry Schneider PRIORITY:0 CATEGORIES:SESSION CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART:20200617T170000 DTEND:20200617T182000 URL: https://event.vconferenceonline.com DESCRIPTION:ADOLESCENT SUICIDE IN CUBA: ARE THE ATTEMPTERS DESPERATE, DEPRESSED, LONELY AND/OR ASHAMED?
BARRY SCHNEIDER (BOSTON COLLEGE)
CHAIR: HAROLD TAKOOSHIAN

Until recently, suicide rates were among the highest in the world. Adolescent suicide remains a major public-health problem, with official adolescent suicide rates reported to be as high as those in the U.S. Literary and historical sources depict suicide as a recurring theme since the Spanish conquest. The political and economic context since the independence of Cuba has been punctuated by recurring cycles of hope and disillusionment, which may relate to suicide at the individual level. The lack of incentive for individual initiative in the current social and economic structure of the country may be a contributing factor. This study, conducted with the approval of the health and educational authorities, features a comparison of adolescent suicide attempters, in the community and a day hospital, with their counterparts in regular public secondary schools, in terms of depression, loneliness, hopelessness, shame, rumination, thought suppression and mindfulness. The session focuses on the social, economic and educational systems and concludes with some ideas as to how they can contribute to suicide prevention. LOCATION: END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR