A child dies of suicide in Australia each week while between 50 and 60 more are hospitalised for trying to kill themselves, damning new data shows.
die of … ～が原因で死ぬ
damning [dǽmiŋ] … 手厳しい、痛烈な
Boys are twice as likely as girls to take their own lives, National Children’s Commissioner Megan Mitchell told federal parliament in a report tabled yesterday.
table … 提出する
Ms Mitchell’s report calls for age restrictions on the sale of headache tablets, warning that hanging and pharmaceutical or poison overdoses are the main causes of death.
hanging … 首吊り
overdose … 過剰摂取
Suicide risk peaks at the start of high school, with teenagers six times more likely to kill themselves at the age of 14 or 15 than at 12 or 13.
Indigenous children aged four to nine are twice as likely to kill themselves as others the same age, while the suicide rate among Aboriginal teenagers is five times higher than for other teens.
indigenous [indídʒənəs] … 土着の、原住民の、先住民の
Domestic violence, mental health problems and drug and alcohol abuse are highlighted as risk factors in Ms Mitchell’s statutory report to parliament.
abuse … 乱用
statutory [stǽtʃətɔ̀ːri] … 法定の
Ms Mitchell said parents, schools and health authorities “need to be getting in much earlier’’ to identify risks, build children’s coping skills and encourage them to get help.
coping skill … 対処能力
She called for more research into the impact of social media on children’s psychological wellbeing.
Children’s brains were developing rapidly in their early teens, she said, when they were still “quite impulsive’’.
impulsive … 衝動的な
“They are having to change from primary school to high school and some kids adjust better than others,’’ she told The Australian yesterday. “Emotions are intense at that time, but their emotional regulation and impulse control is poor.’’
Ms Mitchell said children needed to be taught “coping skills’’.
“Seemingly little things for adults can weigh very heavily on a child’s mind and emotions,’’ she said.
“I think digital technology amplifies what kids feel and they are exposed to information that is often unfiltered.”
Ms Mitchell said children needed “go-to people they can trust’’ to talk to about their problems instead of “bottling up’’ their distress.
go-to … 頼りになる
bottle up … （感情を）抑える、押し殺す、押し隠す
distress … 悩み
“It’s a really important protective factor to have people you can talk to and trust — your teacher, your sports coach, your neighbour or an aunty,’’ she said.
The report — based on unpublished data from the National Coronial Information Service — reveals three out of four suicides happen at home.
One in 15 teenagers in foster care had required medical treatment for attempted suicide in the past year, based on a sample of 325 children and teenagers.
foster care … 里親制度
The coronial database reveals that 333 children aged four to 17 died from “intentional self-harm’’ in the six years from January 2007 to December 2012.
self-harm … 自傷行為
Indigenous children account for 28 per cent of suicides, even though they make up 3 per cent of the population.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare data recorded 18,277 hospitalisations for intentional self-harm among children between 2007-08 and 2012-13.
“Females were significantly more likely to be hospitalised for intentional self-poisoning,’’ the report says.
It suggests “further restrictions’’, such as age limits, on the sale of paracetamol or aspirin products, following last year’s decision to reduce the size of packets sold in supermarkets to 20 tablets. “Age identification requirements may also assist in restricting access to means,’’ the report says.
paracetamol … パラセタモール（解熱鎮痛薬の一種）
It says that the Kids Helpline facilitated 9649 counselling sessions for children who were thinking of suicide last year.
facilitate … 容易にする、促進する
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