A brief review of self-asphyxial risk-taking behaviour in adolescents

Griffiths, MD ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8880-6524, 2015. A brief review of self-asphyxial risk-taking behaviour in adolescents. Education and Health, 33 (3), pp. 59-61. ISSN 0265-1602

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Abstract

Adolescence is often viewed as a time for experimentation and risk-taking behaviour. For instance, when I was a teenager, my friends and I used to occasionally play a game that we called ‘Headrush’ where we would have our breathing temporarily stopped by someone holding onto our chests after a deep expiration and hyperventilation (so that we could not breathe). It induced feelings of light-headedness and dizziness followed by temporary unconsciousness (usually lasting 10 to 15 seconds). I did it twice and on both occasions I felt as though I had lived a whole other life while I was unconscious. I cannot remember exactly why I had engaged in such a potentially life-threatening behaviour except that all my friends were doing it.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	Education and Health
Creators:	Griffiths, M.D.
Publisher:	Schools Health Education Unit (SHEU)
Place of Publication:	Exeter
Date:	2015
Volume:	33
Number:	3
ISSN:	0265-1602
Divisions:	Schools > School of Social Sciences
Record created by:	EPrints Services
Date Added:	28 Oct 2015 10:34
Last Modified:	09 Jun 2017 13:55
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/25939

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