suicidal behavior Archives

Mental Health and Suicidal Ideation among Students of Public Secondary Schools in Kenya

Published by ARJESSNovember 3, 2022August 8, 2023

African Research Journal of Education and Social Sciences, Vol. 9 (3), 1-12, 2022 Ambale C. Kennedy1, James B. Ouda2 & Kenneth Otieno3 1,2,3 Department of Educational Psychology, Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology, Kakamega, Kenya Corresponding Author E-mail: kennedyambale68@gmail.com ABSTRACT According to the 2017 Center for Disease Control (CDC) report, suicide is the second […]

Psychosocial Risk Factors for Suicidal Behavior among Adolescents in Informal Settlements of Nairobi County, Kenya

Published by ARJESSApril 30, 2020September 9, 2022

Priscilla Mugambi, Alice Munene and Mary Mogute Department of Clinical Psychology, Daystar University Email: priscillawmugambi@daystar.ac.ke Abstract Suicidal Behavior (SB) is a precursor to eventual death by suicide. Hence, in suicide preventive effort there’s the need for accurate identification of those at risk. The main objective of this study was to assess the psychosocial risk factors […]