Speaker Biography

Dr. Yassmine Masri

Lebanon

Title: Suicidality in Young Children; Characteristics and Risk factors

Dr. Yassmine Masri
Biography:

Yassmine Masri, is a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, graduated from the American University of Beirut Medical Center in Lebanon, Arab Board Certified Psychiatrist. She is interested in mood disorders of young children, as well as the academic difficulties. Her research interests targeted the stigma in the Lebanese society about children and adolescents’ mental illness.

Abstract:

Very little research has been done on the suicidality in young children, recently this topic has been more looked up, as suicide has been classified as the 3rd leading cause of death among children between 5 and 11 years old. More interest is being put on how young children’s understanding of death, its conceptualization and its irreversibility, as well as the risk factors associated with suicidality in this age group, namely having depression with neurovegetative symptoms, experiencing violent life events or having high irritability. Raising awareness about the risks of suicide in this age group as well as the characteristics of children who attempt suicide or engage in non-suicidal self-injurious behaviors is important in this era. This presentation will discuss the most recent findings about this issue.