2024-02-05 05:02:36
The issue of mental health among young people is a major issue for France, which ranks among the European countries with one of the highest suicide rates. Public Health France has just released its Health Barometer for 2021, a year when the Covid-19 epidemic was still at the center of concerns. It reveals that 4.2% of French people aged 18 to 85 have thought about committing suicide during the year, that 6.8% declared a suicide attempt during their lifetime and 0.5% during the last twelve months passed.
The main result is a significant increase in suicidal thoughts and suicide attempts over the course of life among 18-24 year olds, which has been observed over the past ten years.
A deterioration in the mental health of young people
Public Health France surveyed 24,514 people aged 18 to 85 residing in mainland France and 6,519 residing in overseas departments and regions (DROM) by telephone and computer-assisted collection (Cati) for its 2021 barometer. This work also carried out in 2000, 2005, 2010, 2014, 2017, 2020 and therefore 2021 aims to identify the populations most affected by suicidal thoughts and suicide attempts, to prevent them as best as possible and understand the developments that have occurred since then. twenty years old.
The Health Barometer clearly demonstrates the deterioration in the mental health of young adults observed elsewhere based on emergency room and hospitalization data. It should make it possible to adjust and strengthen the national suicide prevention strategy and strengthen support systems, thanks to a better understanding of the mechanisms which affect the mental health of young people since the Covid-19 pandemic.
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