Growing up Young,Asian and Female in Britain: A Report on Self-harm and Suicide

Abstract

It is now a well-documented statistic that Asian women between the ages of 15–35 are two to three times more vulnerable to suicide and self-harm than their non-Asian counterparts (Soni-Raleigh, 1996). The article will summarize the findings of the research report Growing Up Young, Asian and Female in Britain (Newham Asian Women's Project, 1998), which aimed to explore the reasons why young Asian women self-harmed and to evaluate the service responses they were given. It also made recommendations aimed at decreasing the high prevalence of suicide and self-harm among young Asian women. The article concludes by reflecting upon the impact and service developments that have been made since the report was published.

Keywords

young Asian women suicide self-harm mental health ethnicity

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References

NEWHAM ASIAN WOMEN'S PROJECT AND NEWHAM INNERCITY MULTIFUND, (1988) Growing Up Young, Asian and Female in Britain.

Soni-Raleigh

(1996) ‘Suicide patterns and trends in people of Indian subcontinent and Caribbean origin in England and Wales’ Ethnicity and Health, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 55–63.