4.41 Teachers’ Perception of Adolescent Suicide Risk in Korea

Abstract

Suicide is the top-ranking cause of death for adolescents in Korea. Because adolescents spend most of their time in school, school-based suicide prevention is important. In Korea, teachers have had to report completed or attempted student suicides to the Ministry of Education since 2016. By analyzing these data, we aimed to investigate teachers’ perceptions of student suicide risk.