Health promotion strategies for adolescents with suicidal behavior: a scoping review.
Erika Augusta do Amaral Coelho Bezerra, Ivonete Teresinha Schulter Buss Heidemann, Aldalice Aguiar de Souza and 5 others
PMID 42721436WHAT IT FOUND
Two linked approaches emerged for adolescents with suicidal behavior: build life skills, peer support and mental health literacy; train teachers, community leaders and families; use digital platforms.
Most studies were school-based in high-income countries.
Key findings
0122 studies were included, and school settings appeared in 18 studies (82%).
02The review mapped two linked approaches: one directed at adolescents and one directed at social actors.
03Adolescent-directed strategies included life skills, peer support, socio-emotional competencies, mental health literacy, youth engagement and protagonism, extracurricular activities and artistic practices; social-actor strategies included training, leadership, family and community involvement, support networks, intersectoral coordination and digital platforms.
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What it does not show
38 documents, mostly from the 1980s and 1990s, could not be accessed, so the map may miss older strategies. The predominance of studies in high-income countries limits direct application to the Brazilian context. The review maps strategies rather than testing their effects, and most included studies were school-based.
Declared interests
Financial support: Fundação Universitas de Estudos Amazônicos, F. UEA.
The easy way to misread this
Do not read the mapped strategies as evidence that they reduce suicide risk. This scoping review did not test effectiveness or synthesize outcomes, and most included studies were school-based in high-income countries.