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Wiglesworth A, Klimes-Dougan B, Prinstein MJ. Preliminary Reporting Patterns of Suicide Ideation and Attempt Among Native American Adolescents in Two Samples. JOURNAL OF CLINICAL CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL FOR THE SOCIETY OF CLINICAL CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY, AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION, DIVISION 53 2023:1-15. [PMID: 37318235 PMCID: PMC10721721 DOI: 10.1080/15374416.2023.2222408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Native American adolescents are disproportionately burdened by suicidality. Here, we examine patterns of reporting of suicide ideation and suicide attempt among Native American youth compared to those from other ethnoracial backgrounds, as this data is important for grounding commonly subscribed to frameworks of suicide risk (e.g., ideation-to-action). METHOD Data are from the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Survey (N = 54,243; grades 9-12; 51.0% female) and Minnesota Student Survey (N = 335,151; grades 8, 9, 11; 50.7% female). Comparing Native American youth to peers from other ethnoracial backgrounds, we examined two suicide reporting patterns: 1) odds of reporting suicide attempt among those who reported ideation and 2) odds of reporting suicide ideation among those who reported an attempt. RESULTS Across both samples, when reporting suicide ideation, youth from other ethnoracial backgrounds were 20-55% less likely than Native American youth to also report attempt. While few consistent differences were observed between Native American youth and those from other racial minority backgrounds in patterns of co-reporting suicide ideation and attempt across samples, White youth were between 37% and 63% less likely than Native American youth to report a suicide attempt without also reporting ideation. CONCLUSIONS The increased odds of engaging in a suicide attempt with or without reporting ideation question the generalizability of widely held frameworks of suicide risk to Native American youth and have important implications for suicide risk monitoring. Future research is needed to illuminate how these behaviors unfold over time and the potential mechanisms of risk for engaging in suicide attempts in this disproportionately burdened group.Abbreviations: YRBSS: Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Survey; MSS: Minnesota Student Survey.
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McCallum SM, Batterham PJ, Christensen H, Werner-Seidler A, Nicolopoulos A, Newton N, Teesson M, Calear AL. Personality factors associated with suicidal ideation, plans and attempts in adolescents. J Affect Disord 2022; 310:135-141. [PMID: 35537543 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2022.05.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2021] [Revised: 04/07/2022] [Accepted: 05/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND Suicide is the leading cause of death among young Australians, therefore identifying factors that increase risk is important. The aims of this study was to investigate the association between personality domains and suicidal ideation, plans and attempts in a community-based sample of adolescents. METHODS 1428 students from thirteen secondary schools in Australia completed a survey consisting of demographic information (gender and age), personality risk across four domains (Hopelessness, Impulsivity, Sensation Seeking and Anxiety Sensitivity) as measured by the Substance Use Risk Profile Scale, and psychological distress measured by the Distress Questionnaire 5 scale. Outcome measures included suicidal ideation, plans and attempts measured by the Youth Risk Behavior Survey. RESULTS Students were aged between 11 and 17 years old (mean: 13.3, SD = 1.2) with 59% identifying as female. Proportions of participants reporting suicidal ideation, plans and at least one attempt were 14%, 9% and 7% respectively. Hopelessness was associated with twice the odds (OR = 3.1 and 2.9) of suicidal thoughts and plans respectively. Hopelessness also had 45% increased odds for suicide attempt (OR = 2.1), however this was not significant in the suicidal ideation sub-group. Impulsivity and sensation seeking were associated with suicidal ideation (OR = 1.3), while only impulsivity was associated with attempt (OR = 1.5). LIMITATIONS The study was cross-sectional, considered suicidal thoughts and behaviors in past 12 months only and used one measure of personality. CONCLUSIONS Personality traits may be important for determining suicide risk in adolescents. Developing screening and interventions targeting personality may have implications for the detection and prevention of suicide.
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- Sonia M McCallum
- Centre for Mental Health Research, Research School of Population Health, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
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- Centre for Mental Health Research, Research School of Population Health, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
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- Black Dog Institute, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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- Black Dog Institute, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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- The Matilda Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- The Matilda Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- Centre for Mental Health Research, Research School of Population Health, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
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The Cedar Project: exploring determinants of psychological distress among young Indigenous people who use drugs in three Canadian cities. Glob Ment Health (Camb) 2018; 5:e35. [PMID: 30455970 PMCID: PMC6236218 DOI: 10.1017/gmh.2018.26] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2017] [Revised: 07/30/2018] [Accepted: 08/22/2018] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Mental health and wellbeing, including addressing impacts of historical trauma and substance use among young people, has been identified as a key priority by Indigenous communities and leaders across Canada and globally. Yet, research to understand mental health among young Indigenous people who have used drugs is limited. AIMS To examine longitudinal risk and strengths-based factors associated with psychological distress among young Indigenous people who use drugs. METHOD The Cedar Project is an ongoing cohort study involving young Indigenous people who use drugs in Vancouver, Prince George, and Chase, British Columbia, Canada. This study included participants who completed the Symptom Checklist-90-Revised, returned for follow-up between 2010 and 2012, and completed the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire. Adjusted linear mixed-effects models estimated effects of study variables on changes in area T-scores of psychological distress. RESULTS Of 202 eligible participants, 53% were women and the mean age was 28 years. Among men, childhood maltreatment (emotional abuse, physical abuse, sexual abuse, physical neglect), any drug use, blackouts from drinking, and sex work were associated with increased distress. Among women, childhood maltreatment (emotional abuse, physical abuse, physical neglect), blackouts from drinking, and sexual assault were associated with increased distress, while having attempted to quit using drugs was associated with reduced distress. Marginal associations were observed between speaking their traditional language and living by traditional culture with lower distress among men. CONCLUSION Culturally safe mental wellness interventions are urgently needed to address childhood trauma and harmful coping strategies that exacerbate distress among young Indigenous people who use drugs.
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This paper reviews research on suicide and attempted suicide among Canadian Aboriginal peoples (Amer indians, Métis and Inuit). The demographic and cul tural diversity of the Aboriginal population is described and basic epidemiological data are summar ized. Social, cultural, and political economic factors that may contribute to suicide and culturally appropri ate interventions are reviewed. A model integrating social and psychiatric perspectives on suicide is presented. The high prevalence of suicide in this population indicates widespread social problems that demand community-based interventions and socio- political change in addition to the conventional psychiatric emphasis on individual psychopathology and family dynamics.
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Domino G, Su A, Lee Johnson S. Psychosocial Correlates of Suicide Ideation: A Comparison of Chinese and U.S. Rural Women. OMEGA-JOURNAL OF DEATH AND DYING 2016. [DOI: 10.2190/drpt-vw8g-d1p1-qxw7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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China is the only country in the world where the suicide rate for women is higher than that for men. In particular there is current concern about a high suicide rate for women living in rural areas. In this study, two samples of young women ages 20 to 35, one from rural China ( n=52) and one from rural United States ( n=52) were interviewed as to suicide ideation and suicide risk, as related to psychosocial variables of self-esteem, coping, social support, and attitudes toward suicide. Significant mean differences were obtained between samples on all eleven variables. The pattern of intercorrelations between variables showed both similarities and differences in the two samples. A stepwise multiple-regression analysis indicated that the same four variables, albeit in different order, were predictive of suicide: these variables were self-esteem, instrumental support, the attitude that suicide is morally bad, and an overall rating of coping.
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Rotheram-Borus MJ, Hunter J, Rosario M. Suicidal Behavior and Gay-Related Stress among Gay and Bisexual Male Adolescents. JOURNAL OF ADOLESCENT RESEARCH 2016. [DOI: 10.1177/074355489494007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 132] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Adolescents are increasingly at risk for attempting suicide, particularly among those subgroups experiencing high stress. Typically, adolescentfemales are atfar greater risk (10.3% attempt suicide) as compared to males (6.2% attempt suicide). In contrast to rates among adolescents in community-based studies, attempted suicide was reported by 39% of a consecutive series of 138 self-identified gay and bisexual males, ages 14 through 19 years, presenting at a social service agency for lesbian and gay adolescents in New York City. More than one-half ofattempters had tried to kill themselves more than once, and suicide attempters were more likely to have dropped out of school, to be ejected from their homes, and to have friends or relatives who attempted suicide. Gay-related stressors were significantly more common among suicide attempters as compared to nonattempters, but general life stress was not higher Thesefindings imply that gay youths are at increased risk for attempting suicide. Clinicians and staff in community-based agencies need to enhance their awareness of the possibilities of suicide attempts among gay and bisexual male youths, increasing screening for risk and actively seeking to reduce gay-related stress.
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Freedenthal S, Stiffman AR. “They Might Think I Was Crazy”: Young American Indians’ Reasons for Not Seeking Help When Suicidal. JOURNAL OF ADOLESCENT RESEARCH 2016. [DOI: 10.1177/0743558406295969] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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It is well known that many suicidal young people avoid asking for help; however, the reasons why are less understood. A sample of 101 American Indians (age 15-21 years) who had thought about or attempted suicide was asked open-ended questions about barriers to seeking formal and informal help while suicidal. The 74 participants who avoided at least one type of help most commonly reported internal factors, such as embarrassment, lack of problem recognition, a belief that nobody could help, and self-reliance. Structural barriers, such as lack of money or service availability, were only rarely cited. Findings indicate that efforts to increase help seeking among young, suicidal American Indians should target beliefs about emotional problems and help seeking.
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Langdon SE, Golden SL, Arnold EM, Maynor RF, Bryant A, Freeman VK, Bell RA. Lessons Learned From a Community-Based Participatory Research Mental Health Promotion Program for American Indian Youth. Health Promot Pract 2016; 17:457-63. [PMID: 27009131 DOI: 10.1177/1524839916636568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Background American Indian (AI) youth have the highest rates of suicide among racial/ethnic minority groups in the United States. Community-based strategies are essential to address this issue, and community-based participatory research (CBPR) offers a model to engage AI communities in mental health promotion programming. Objectives This article describes successes and challenges of a CBPR, mixed-method project, The Lumbee Rite of Passage (LROP), an academic-community partnership to develop and implement a suicide prevention program for Lumbee AI youth in North Carolina. Method LROP was conducted in two phases to (1) understand knowledge and perceptions of existing mental health resources and (2) develop, implement, and evaluate a cultural enrichment program as a means of suicide prevention. Discussion/Results LROP implemented an effective community-academic partnership by (1) identifying and understanding community contexts, (2) maintaining equitable partnerships, and (3) implementing a culturally tailored research design targeting multilevel changes to support mental health. Strategies formed from the partnership alleviated challenges in each of these key CBPR concept areas. Conclusions LROP highlights how a CBPR approach contributes to positive outcomes and identifies opportunities for future collaboration in a tribal community. Using culturally appropriate CBPR strategies is critical to achieving sustainable, effective programs to improve mental health of AI youth.
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- University of North Carolina, Pembroke, Pembroke, NC, USA
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- Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
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Suicide Among American Indian, Alaskan Native, and Canadian Aboriginal Youth: Advancing the Research Agenda. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MENTAL HEALTH 2015. [DOI: 10.1080/00207411.1996.11449375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Fraser SL, Geoffroy D, Chachamovich E, Kirmayer LJ. Changing rates of suicide ideation and attempts among Inuit youth: a gender-based analysis of risk and protective factors. Suicide Life Threat Behav 2015; 45:141-56. [PMID: 25255825 DOI: 10.1111/sltb.12122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2014] [Accepted: 05/16/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Inuit in Canada currently suffer from one of the highest rates of suicide in the world. The objective of this study was to explore the prevalence of suicide ideations and attempts among 15-24 year olds living in Nunavik, Québec, and to explore risk and protective factors of suicide attempts as a function of gender. A cross-sectional survey was conducted in 2004 across Nunavik. Univariate and multivariate logistic regressions were conducted. A total of 22% of young males and 39% of females adults reported past suicidal attempts. Gender differences were observed in relation to associated risk and protective factors as well as degree of exposure to risk factors. Suicide prevention must include alcohol and drug prevention programs and rehabilitation services, interventions to reduce physical and sexual violence and their long-term impacts on Inuit youth, as well as exposure to culturally meaningful activities.
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- Sarah L Fraser
- Psychoéducation, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada
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BACKGROUND The hopelessness scales devised by Beck and by Kazdin have been used in hundreds of studies of both non-clinical and clinical samples. The present study identified non-clinical adolescent samples to see if the mean scores differed by age, sex, year of publication of the study, and nation. METHODS Studies of school students administered the Beck Hopelessness Scale or the Kazdin Hopelessness Scale for Children were identified from a literature search using PsycINFO and the search term "hopelessness" anywhere in the text. Seventy-eight studies were found reporting mean scores, 44 for American students and 34 for students in other countries. RESULTS The scores of American students were significantly lower than those of students in other countries, and there was a tendency for boys to have higher scores than girls (in 18 of the 27 studies which reported differences by sex). There was no tendency for the hopelessness scores of American students to have increased in recent years. CONCLUSIONS American adolescents appear to be less hopeless than adolescent in other nations, and the scores of American adolescents do not seem to have changed significantly over the last 30 years.
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Brownson C, Becker MS, Shadick R, Jaggars SS, Nitkin-Kaner Y. Suicidal Behavior and Help Seeking Among Diverse College Students. JOURNAL OF COLLEGE COUNSELING 2014. [DOI: 10.1002/j.2161-1882.2014.00052.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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- Chris Brownson
- Counseling and Mental Health Center, University of Texas at Austin
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- Department of Educational Psychology, University of Texas at Austin
- Now at the Department of Educational Psychology and Learning Systems, Florida State University
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- Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University
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- Department of Counseling Services, Fordham University, Lincoln Center Campus
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B. Cole A, R. Wingate L, L. Slish M, P. Tucker R, W. Hollingsworth D, M. O’Keefe V. Burdensomeness, depression, and suicide in a sample of American-Indian college students. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013. [DOI: 10.1108/eihsc-10-2013-0026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Suicide-related outcomes are a major public health challenge in communities of color in the United States. To address these challenges, this Major Contribution makes theoretical, empirical, and practice-related contributions to scholarship on suicide-related outcomes among people of color. In this article, the authors present a new framework to conceptualize previous suicidology scholarship, address existing literature gaps, and inform counseling psychologists’ future work on suicide-related outcomes in U.S. communities of color. The framework consists of three components and nine principles that highlight the types of constructs, populations, and preventive interventions that should be emphasized in theory, research, and practice addressing suicide-related outcomes in communities of color. The authors explain why suicide-related outcomes in communities of color deserve attention, describe the framework, and discuss implications of the framework for future practice and training. It is hoped that this framework can serve as a resource and impetus for new paradigms of suicidology work in communities of color.
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Mota N, Elias B, Tefft B, Medved M, Munro G, Sareen J. Correlates of suicidality: investigation of a representative sample of Manitoba First Nations adolescents. Am J Public Health 2012; 102:1353-61. [PMID: 22676500 DOI: 10.2105/ajph.2011.300385] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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OBJECTIVES We examined individual, friend or family, and community or tribe correlates of suicidality in a representative on-reserve sample of First Nations adolescents. METHODS Data came from the 2002-2003 Manitoba First Nations Regional Longitudinal Health Survey of Youth. Interviews were conducted with adolescents aged 12 to 17 years (n=1125) from 23 First Nations communities in Manitoba. We used bivariate logistic regression analyses to examine the relationships between a range of factors and lifetime suicidality. We conducted sex-by-correlate interactions for each significant correlate at the bivariate level. A multivariate logistic regression analysis identified those correlates most strongly related to suicidality. RESULTS We found several variables to be associated with an increased likelihood of suicidality in the multivariate model, including being female, depressed mood, abuse or fear of abuse, a hospital stay, and substance use (adjusted odds ratio range=2.43-11.73). Perceived community caring was protective against suicidality (adjusted odds ratio=0.93; 95% confidence interval=0.88, 0.97) in the same model. CONCLUSIONS Results of this study may be important in informing First Nations and government policy related to the implementation of suicide prevention strategies in First Nations communities.
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- Natalie Mota
- University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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The objective of this study was to explore whether parental heavy drinking is associated with suicidal behavior in adolescents, and if so, whether this association is stronger among younger adolescents and whether a possible impact of one parent's intoxication adds to that of the other parent. Two cross-sectional school surveys were conducted in 2002 and 2004 in Norway and comprised 11,637 and 20,703 students, respectively (ages 13 to 19). Suicidal ideation and suicide attempts increased with increasing exposure to parental intoxication, after controlling for adolescents' intoxication frequency. The association between exposure to parental intoxication and suicidal ideation was significantly stronger among younger than among older adolescents. There was a significant positive correlation between frequency of mother's and father's intoxication. Hence, exposure to one parent's intoxication did not add to the impact of the other on suicidal ideation. The results suggest that parental heavy drinking is a risk factor for adolescents' suicidal behavior, and more so for younger than older adolescents.
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- Ingeborg Rossow
- National Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention, University of Oslo.
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Scheel KR, Prieto LR, Biermann J. American Indian college student suicide: risk, beliefs, and help-seeking preferences. COUNSELLING PSYCHOLOGY QUARTERLY 2011. [DOI: 10.1080/09515070.2011.638444] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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Kinyanda E, Kizza R, Levin J, Ndyanabangi S, Abbo C. Adolescent suicidality as seen in rural northeastern Uganda: prevalence and risk factors. CRISIS 2011; 32:43-51. [PMID: 21371970 DOI: 10.1027/0227-5910/a000059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND Suicidal behavior in adolescence is a public health concern and has serious consequences for adolescents and their families. There is, however, a paucity of data on this subject from sub-Saharan Africa, hence the need for this study. AIMS A cross-sectional multistage survey to investigate adolescent suicidality among other things was undertaken in rural northeastern Uganda. METHODS A structured protocol administered by trained psychiatric nurses collected information on sociodemographics, mental disorders (DSM-IV criteria), and psychological and psychosocial risk factors for children aged 3-19 years (N = 1492). For the purposes of this paper, an analysis of a subsample of adolescents (aged 10-19 years; n = 897) was undertaken. RESULTS Lifetime suicidality in this study was 6.1% (95% CI, 4.6%-7.9%). CONCLUSIONS Factors significantly associated with suicidality included mental disorder, the ecological factor district of residence, factors suggestive of low socioeconomic status, and disadvantaged childhood experiences.
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Strickland CJ, Cooper M. Getting into trouble: perspectives on stress and suicide prevention among Pacific Northwest Indian youth. J Transcult Nurs 2011; 22:240-7. [PMID: 21519060 DOI: 10.1177/1043659611404431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Suicide rates among Indian youth in the United States are two to three times the national average. Although researchers have identified related risk and protective factors, they have limited understanding of the perspectives of youth at risk. In this descriptive, ethnographic study in a Pacific Northwest tribe, the goal was to gain an understanding of the life experiences of the youth. Focus groups and observations were conducted with 30 Indian youth aged between 14 and 19 years in a Pacific Northwest tribe. Youth were asked to talk about their stressors, sense of family/community support, and hopes for the future. Youth reported major stress and noted that friends and family were both a support and also a source of stress. They hoped for strengthening of cultural values, economic development, and opportunities to give their talents to the tribe. These findings provide further insight about suicide risk among Indian youth and advance the understanding of suicide prevention in a transcultural setting.
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- C June Strickland
- Department of Psychosocial and CommunityHealth, University of Washington School of Nursing, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
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Acculturation and Violence in Minority Adolescents: A Review of the Empirical Literature. J Prim Prev 2009; 30:215-63. [DOI: 10.1007/s10935-009-0173-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/29/2008] [Accepted: 04/01/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Bagge CL, Sher KJ. Adolescent alcohol involvement and suicide attempts: toward the development of a conceptual framework. Clin Psychol Rev 2008; 28:1283-96. [PMID: 18676078 PMCID: PMC2610631 DOI: 10.1016/j.cpr.2008.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2008] [Revised: 06/06/2008] [Accepted: 06/10/2008] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The present article provides a conceptual framework of the relation between alcohol involvement (A) and suicide attempts (S). This framework can be broadly construed to reflect two dimensions: directionality (direction of causality; A-->S, S-->A, or a spurious relation) and temporality (distinguishing between proximal and distal effects of both behaviors). We review and evaluate the evidence on the association between A and S among adolescents using this conceptual framework as a guide. The extant data suggest that this relation is complex and not fully understood. Further, it seems unlikely that a single approach will be found to determine direction of causality, and the specification and validation of hypothesized mechanisms will involve a variety of different types of evidence. Suggestions for additional research using informative designs are discussed.
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- Courtney L Bagge
- Department of Psychological Sciences, Midwest Alcohol Research Center, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO 65211-0001, United States.
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Lafromboise TD, Lewis HA. The Zuni Life Skills Development Program: a school/community-based suicide prevention intervention. Suicide Life Threat Behav 2008; 38:343-53. [PMID: 18611133 DOI: 10.1521/suli.2008.38.3.343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The Zuni Life Skills Development Program, an effective community-initiated and high-school-based suicide prevention intervention, is featured. Development and evaluation of this intervention are followed by note of the specific challenges associated with stabilizing the program. A more tribally diverse, culturally-informed model entitled the American Indian Life Skills Development Curriculum is then presented to illustrate a hybrid approach to the cultural tailoring of interventions. This curriculum is broad enough to address concerns across diverse American Indian tribal groups yet respectful of distinctive and heterogeneous cultural beliefs and practices. Finally, we reflect upon issues in community-based research that emerged during this collaboration.
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Joe S, Canetto SS, Romer D. Advancing prevention research on the role of culture in suicide prevention. Suicide Life Threat Behav 2008; 38:354-62. [PMID: 18611134 PMCID: PMC2701684 DOI: 10.1521/suli.2008.38.3.354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Despite evidence of considerable racial/ethnic variation in adolescent suicidal behavior in the United States, research on youth of European American descent accounts for much of what is know about preventing adolescent suicide. In response to the need to advance research on the phenomenology and prevention of suicidal behavior among ethnic minority populations, NIMH co-sponsored the "Pragmatic Considerations of Culture in Preventing Suicide" workshop to elicit through interdisciplinary dialogue how culture can be considered in the design, development, and implementation of suicidal behavior prevention programs. In this discussion paper we consider the three ethnic minority suicide prevention efforts described in the articles appearing in this issue, along with workshop participants' comments, and propose six major areas where issues of culture need to be better integrated into suicidal behavior research.
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- Sean Joe
- School of Social Work, Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA.
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- Adolescent Risk Communication Institute, Annenberg Public Policy Center, University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia
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LaFromboise TD, Medoff L, Lee CC, Harris A. Psychosocial and Cultural Correlates of Suicidal Ideation Among American Indian Early Adolescents on a Northern Plains Reservation. RESEARCH IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT 2007. [DOI: 10.1080/15427600701481020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Alcántara C, Gone JP. Reviewing suicide in Native American communities: situating risk and protective factors within a transactional-ecological framework. DEATH STUDIES 2007; 31:457-77. [PMID: 17554839 DOI: 10.1080/07481180701244587] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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The alarming prevalence of suicidal behaviors in Native American communities remains a major concern in the 21st-century United States. Recent reviews have demonstrated that prevention programs and intervention efforts using transactional-ecological models have effectively reduced suicidal behaviors in the American Indian and Alaska Native populations sampled. As a result, this article adopts a transactional-ecological framework for conceptualizing suicidality and identifying points of intervention. Drawing on the most current empirical reports, the epidemiology of Native American suicidal behaviors is reviewed, while situating risk and protective factors within a biopsychosocial framework. Opportunities for intervention are discussed with a focus on the interactions between individuals and their environments, and the antecedent conditions leading to zones of heightened suicide risk.
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- Carmela Alcántara
- Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
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Oetzel J, Duran B, Jiang Y, Lucero J. Social support and social undermining as correlates for alcohol, drug, and mental disorders in American Indian women presenting for primary care at an Indian Health Service hospital. JOURNAL OF HEALTH COMMUNICATION 2007; 12:187-206. [PMID: 17365359 DOI: 10.1080/10810730601152771] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship of two types of social support (emotional and instrumental) and two types of social undermining (critical appraisal and isolation) with five categories of alcohol, drug, or mental disorders (ADM; any mood, any anxiety, any substance abuse, any disorder, and two or more disorders) in 169 American Indian women presenting for primary care at an Indian Health Service facility. Social support and social undermining are often treated as opposite poles, but in fact they are distinct factors with independent effects. The findings illustrate that social support and undermining variables have a significant relationship with ADM outcomes even when controlling for confounding demographic variables. Any substance abuse was associated with all four social variables, while two or more disorders were associated with instrumental support and isolation. Any anxiety (isolation), any mood (critical appraisal), and any disorder (isolation) were each associated with one social variable. Overall, social undermining appears to have a stronger relationship with mental health than with social support.
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- John Oetzel
- University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
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Silviken A, Kvernmo S. Suicide attempts among indigenous Sami adolescents and majority peers in Arctic Norway: prevalence and associated risk factors. J Adolesc 2006; 30:613-26. [PMID: 16876860 DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2006.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2005] [Revised: 04/06/2006] [Accepted: 06/01/2006] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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The prevalence of suicide attempts and associated risk factors such as sociodemographic conditions, emotional/behavioural problems and parent-child relationships were examined among 591 indigenous Sami and 2100 majority adolescents in Arctic Norway. There were no significant ethnic differences in prevalence of suicide attempts. In both ethnic groups, suicidal ideation, anxious/depressed problems and eating behaviour problems were associated with suicide attempts. Cross-cultural differences in risk factors associated with suicide attempts existed. For Sami adolescents, factors diverging from the traditional cultural norms were associated with suicide attempts, such as alcohol intoxication, single-parent home and paternal overprotection (p</=.05). Vocational studies, not living together with parents, current smoking and experienced sexual intercourse were ethnic specific risk factors associated with suicide attempts among majority peers (p</=.05). Clinicians should take into account that risk factors can differ between ethnic groups and should be sensitive to culturally divergent behaviour.
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- Anne Silviken
- Center for Sami Health Research, Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tromsø, N-9037 Tromsø, Norway.
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Strickland CJ, Walsh E, Cooper M. Healing fractured families: parents' and elders' perspectives on the impact of colonization and youth suicide prevention in a pacific northwest American Indian tribe. J Transcult Nurs 2006; 17:5-12. [PMID: 16410431 DOI: 10.1177/1043659605281982] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Suicide rates among American Indian youth in the United States are two to three times the national average. Risk factors for American Indian youth include depression, alcohol use, hopelessness and stress, and family conflict, abuse, poverty, and instability. In this descriptive study, the authors aimed to obtain parents' and elders' perspectives on community needs and to identify strengths on which the community might build to reduce youth suicide risk. Data were collected from focus groups with 40 American Indian parents and from individual interviews with 9 American Indian elders. The major task participants addressed was holding the family together and healing intergenerational pains. Topics parents discussed were holding onto cultural values, holding the family together, getting through school, and getting a job. These findings substantiate previous research and provide useful information for the design of culturally appropriate family or community-based interventions to prevent American Indian youth suicide.
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Brezo J, Paris J, Turecki G. Personality traits as correlates of suicidal ideation, suicide attempts, and suicide completions: a systematic review. Acta Psychiatr Scand 2006; 113:180-206. [PMID: 16466403 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2005.00702.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 339] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Involvement of personality traits in susceptibility to suicidality has been the subject of research since the 1950s. Because of the diversity of conceptual and methodological approaches, the extent of their independent contribution has been difficult to establish. Here, we review conceptual background and empirical evidence investigating roles of traits in suicidal behaviors. METHOD We selected original studies published in English in MEDLINE and PsycINFO databases, focusing on suicidal ideation, suicide attempts, or suicide completions, and using standardized personality measures. RESULTS Most studies focused on investigating risk for suicide attempts. Hopelessness, neuroticism, and extroversion hold the most promise in relation to risk screening across all three suicidal behaviors. More research is needed regarding aggression, impulsivity, anger, irritability, hostility, and anxiety. CONCLUSION Selected personality traits may be useful markers of suicide risk. Future research needs to establish their contributions in relation to environmental and genetic variation in different gender, age, and ethnocultural groups.
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- J Brezo
- McGill Group for Suicide Studies, Douglas Hospital Research Center, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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This study examined correlates of suicidal ideation among 212 American Indian youth who lived on or near three reservations in the upper Midwestern United States. The youths were, on average, 12 years old, and 9.5% reported current thoughts about killing themselves. Females were over 2 times more likely than males to think about suicide. Multivariate logistic regression results indicated that gender, enculturation, negative life events, perceived discrimination, self-esteem, and drug use were related to the likelihood of thinking about suicide. Drug use was the strongest correlate of suicidal ideation, and both enculturation and perceived discrimination emerged as important culturally specific variables. It was suggested that suicide prevention programs should draw on the strengths of American Indian culture.
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- Kevin A Yoder
- Department of Sociology, University of North Texas, Denton, TX 76203-1157, USA.
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Larosa E, Consoli SM, Hubert-Vadenay T, Leclésiau H. Facteurs associés au risque suicidaire chez les jeunes consultants d’un centre de prévention sanitaire et sociale. Encephale 2005; 31:289-99. [PMID: 16142043 DOI: 10.1016/s0013-7006(05)82393-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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UNLABELLED The association between suicidal risk and various psychological or biographical factors in teenagers or young adults is already well documented. Yet, the role of stressful life events or contexts during childhood or of the recent past, as well as the respective weight of such determinants, has to be specified. METHODS One thousand one hundred and thirty-nine individuals, aged 16 to 25, who consecutively consulted in a preventive health center supported by the National Health Insurance System, located in Seine-Saint-Denis (a French department characterized by an unfavourable socio-economic context) on the occasion of a free work up were invited to fill out several self-administered questionnaires, aimed at assessing especially the level of psychosocial distress (Golberg's GHQ-28) and the level of hopelessness (Beck's hopelessness scale). They were also invited to meet a psychologist for a semi-structured interview, when the day of their consultation coincided with one of the three days a week the psychologist was present in the center; the interview was aimed at collecting information upon the biographical context and ancient or recent life events and to determine the level of suicidal risk, on the basis of a scale of suicidal ideation [Ducher's Suicidal Risk Scale (ERSD)]. The concurrent validity of the later has already been previously tested and positive correlation coefficients were found with Beck Depression Inventory, Hamilton's Depression Rating Scale and Beck's Hopelessness Scale. RESULTS One thousand and four records could be analysed, as regards self-administered questionnaires, and among those, 576 as regards the interview with the psychologist and data related to suicidal risk. The studied population included 61.3% of females and 59.3% of individuals aged 20 to 25: mean age was comparable in males and females. GHQ-28 global score and sub-scores (somatisation, anxiety, social dysfunction and depressive mood) were all higher in women (all the p<0.001). A high suicidal risk (ERSD score 4) was found in 24.1% of the studied population. Subjects presenting with a high suicidal risk were characterized by higher levels of GHQ-28 psychosocial distress and GHQ-28 sub-scores as well as hopelessness (all the p<0.001). Several biographical antecedents during childhood were significantly associated with suicidal risk: unknown father (p<0.001), death of parents (p<0.001), separation from parents (p<0.001), severe quarrel between parents (p<0.001), money problems within the family (p<0.007), disorders related with alcohol consumption in parents (p<0.016), drug addiction within the family (p<0.001). Other predictors were several recent stressful events or contexts: violence within the family (p<0.001), social isolation (p<0.001), lack of self-esteem of (p<0.002), school difficulties (p<0.001), educational failure (p<0.001); as well as the notion of a consumption of drugs (p=0,001) or medications: neuroleptics (p<0.015), antidepressants (p=0.001) and tranquilizers (p<0.001). A series of univariate regression analyses allowed to compute the Odds Ratios (OR) and the 95% Confidence Intervals (95% CI) of the sub-group characterized by a high suicidal risk for each socio-demographic, psychological and biographical independent variable, linked to suicidal risk at a threshold of p<0.10. A multiple regression analysis was then performed in 2 steps: in a first step, independent variables were pooled by blocks, according to their nature (psychological characteristics, relational deficiencies among biographical antecedents, other stressful conditions among antecedents, stressful conditions among recent biographical context, recent consumption of drugs or medications); in a second step, all the independent variables which still remained associated with suicidal risk within each block were included in a final multiple regression analysis. Five variables continued to independently predict a high suicidal risk: hopelessness at Beck's scale (OR=4.09), depressive mood at GHQ-28 (OR=3.75), the notion of an unknown father (OR=2.95), the notion of a recent destabilizing event other than a school problem or an aggression (OR=1.90) and the notion of an educational failure (OR=1.78). CONCLUSION These results confirm previous scientific data on this topic and underline that childhood context, educational course, psychological vulnerability and the occurrence of recent stressful life events combine their effects, enhancing the risk of a suicidal attempt. They can be useful for better sensitising educational as well as social and health care circles, for settling more efficient screening and preventive programs.
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- E Larosa
- Centre de Prévention Sanitaire et Sociale de la Caisse primaire d'assurance maladie de la Seine-Saint-Denis, 2-4, avenue de la Convention, 93017 Bobigny cedex
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Evans E, Hawton K, Rodham K. Factors associated with suicidal phenomena in adolescents: a systematic review of population-based studies. Clin Psychol Rev 2005; 24:957-79. [PMID: 15533280 DOI: 10.1016/j.cpr.2004.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 354] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2002] [Revised: 04/07/2004] [Accepted: 04/19/2004] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Suicidal phenomena (suicide attempts, deliberate self-harm, and suicidal plans, threats and thoughts) are common in adolescents. Identification of factors associated with these phenomena could play an important role in the development of school or community-based prevention and intervention programs. In this article, we report the results of a systematic review of the international literature on population-based studies of factors associated with suicidal phenomena in adolescents. These factors encompass psychiatric, psychological, physical, personal, familial and social domains. The quantity of evidence in support of associations between suicidal phenomena and specific factors is compared with the quantity of evidence against such associations. We conclude with a summary of the findings, including identification of new or neglected areas, which require further investigation. Methodological considerations are highlighted and implications of the findings for clinicians and other professionals concerned with prevention of suicidal behavior by adolescents are discussed.
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- Emma Evans
- Centre for Suicide Research, Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Warneford Hospital, Oxford OX3 7JX, UK.
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Freedenthal S, Stiffman AR. Suicidal behavior in urban American Indian adolescents: a comparison with reservation youth in a southwestern state. Suicide Life Threat Behav 2004; 34:160-71. [PMID: 15191272 DOI: 10.1521/suli.34.2.160.32789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The majority of American Indians live off of reservations, yet research on suicidal behavior in this population overwhelmingly focuses on reservation Indians. This exploratory study interviewed a stratified random sample of 144 urban and 170 reservation American Indian adolescents to compare rates and correlates of suicidal behavior. One fifth of urban youth and one third of reservation youth reported lifetime suicidal ideation, although similar numbers (14%-18%) reported an attempt. Urban youth had fewer psychosocial problems, and in separate multivariate analyses, the groups shared no common correlate of attempted suicide. Different approaches to prevention and treatment may be warranted for urban Indian youth.
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- Stacey Freedenthal
- George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA.
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Psychosocial and mental health problems are quite prevalent among adolescent worldwide, some data reporting up to 20% of adolescents having such problems. A number of risk factors, familial, individual and societal, have been indentified as contributing to these problems in adolescents. There are also many factors, such as family and societal connectedness, that protect adolescents from engaging in health risk behaviors that lead to psychosocial and mental health problems. A careful psychosocial assessment should be an essential part of adolescent health care. This paper provides a brief review of the principles of psychosocial assessment of adolescents.
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- Helen D Pratt
- Pediatrics and Human Development, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, Lansing, MI, USA.
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Garroutte EM, Goldberg J, Beals J, Herrell R, Manson SM. Spirituality and attempted suicide among American Indians. Soc Sci Med 2003; 56:1571-9. [PMID: 12614706 DOI: 10.1016/s0277-9536(02)00157-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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American Indians exhibit suicide-related behaviors at rates much higher than the general population. This study examines the relation of spirituality to the lifetime prevalence of attempted suicide in a probability sample of American Indians. Data were derived from a cross-sectional sample of 1456 American Indian tribal members (age range 15-57yr) who were living on or near their Northern Plains reservations between 1997 and 1999. Data were collected by personal interviews. Commitment to Christianity was assessed using a measure of beliefs. Commitment to tribal cultural spirituality (or forms of spirituality deriving from traditions that predate European contact) was assessed using separate measures for beliefs and spiritual orientations. Results indicated that neither commitment to Christianity nor to cultural spirituality, as measured by beliefs, was significantly associated with suicide attempts (p(trend) for Christianity=0.22 and p(trend) for cultural spirituality=0.85). Conversely, commitment to cultural spirituality, as measured by an index of spiritual orientations, was significantly associated with a reduction in attempted suicide (p(trend)=0.01). Those with a high level of cultural spiritual orientation had a reduced prevalence of suicide compared with those with low level of cultural spiritual orientation. (OR=0.5, 95% CI=0.3, 0.9). This result persisted after simultaneous adjustment for age, gender, education, heavy alcohol use, substance abuse and psychological distress. These results are consistent with anecdotal reports suggesting the effectiveness of American Indian suicide-prevention programs emphasizing orientations related to cultural spirituality.
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- Eva Marie Garroutte
- Department of Sociology, Boston College, 140 Commonwealth Avenue, 02467, Chestnut Hill, MA, USA.
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Gould MS, Greenberg T, Velting DM, Shaffer D. Youth suicide risk and preventive interventions: a review of the past 10 years. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 2003; 42:386-405. [PMID: 12649626 DOI: 10.1097/01.chi.0000046821.95464.cf] [Citation(s) in RCA: 722] [Impact Index Per Article: 34.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To review critically the past 10 years of research on youth suicide. METHOD Research literature on youth suicide was reviewed following a systematic search of PsycINFO and Medline. The search for school-based suicide prevention programs was expanded using two education databases: ERIC and Education Full Text. Finally, manual reviews of articles' reference lists identified additional studies. The review focuses on epidemiology, risk factors, prevention strategies, and treatment protocols. RESULTS There has been a dramatic decrease in the youth suicide rate during the past decade. Although a number of factors have been posited for the decline, one of the more plausible ones appears to be the increase in antidepressants being prescribed for adolescents during this period. Youth psychiatric disorder, a family history of suicide and psychopathology, stressful life events, and access to firearms are key risk factors for youth suicide. Exciting new findings have emerged on the biology of suicide in adults, but, while encouraging, these are yet to be replicated in youths. Promising prevention strategies, including school-based skills training for students, screening for at-risk youths, education of primary care physicians, media education, and lethal-means restriction, need continuing evaluation studies. Dialectical behavior therapy, cognitive-behavioral therapy, and treatment with antidepressants have been identified as promising treatments but have not yet been tested in a randomized clinical trial of youth suicide. CONCLUSIONS While tremendous strides have been made in our understanding of who is at risk for suicide, it is incumbent upon future research efforts to focus on the development and evaluation of empirically based suicide prevention and treatment protocols.
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- Madelyn S Gould
- Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
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Esposito CL, Clum GA. Social support and problem-solving as moderators of the relationship between childhood abuse and suicidality: applications to a delinquent population. J Trauma Stress 2002; 15:137-46. [PMID: 12013065 DOI: 10.1023/a:1014860024980] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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The purpose of the current study was to examine the relationship between childhood abuse, social support, and problem-solving appraisal within a juvenile delinquent sample. Hierarchical regression analyses were used to assess whether childhood abuse, social support, and problem-solving appraisal were independently predictive of suicidality, and further, whetherproblem-solving appraisal and social support moderated the childhood abuse-suicidality relationship. Childhood sexual abuse was found to be an independent predictor of suicidal ideation and behavior. In addition, both problem-solving confidence and social support moderated the relationship between childhood abuse and suicidal ideation. The results of this study underscore the importance of both problem-solving appraisal and social support to suicidality in adolescents with a history of abuse.
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- Christianne L Esposito
- Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University School of Medicine, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
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Middlebrook DL, LeMaster PL, Beals J, Novins DK, Manson SM. Suicide prevention in American Indian and Alaska Native communities: a critical review of programs. Suicide Life Threat Behav 2001; 31 Suppl:132-49. [PMID: 11326757 DOI: 10.1521/suli.31.1.5.132.24225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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- D L Middlebrook
- Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Mental Health Services, Special Programs and Projects, RM 17C-25, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857 USA.
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Werenko DD, Olson LM, Fullerton-Gleason L, Lynch AW, Zumwalt RE, Sklar DP. Child and adolescent suicide deaths in New Mexico, 1990-1994. CRISIS 2000. [PMID: 10793470 DOI: 10.1027//0227-5910.21.1.36] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The suicide death rate in New Mexico is consistently higher than the national rate. Among adolescents, suicide is the third leading cause of death nationally, but in New Mexico it is the second leading cause of death. This study describes the pattern of adolescent suicide deaths in New Mexico. We conducted a retrospective review of all medical examiner autopsies for adolescent suicides (ages 20 years and younger) in New Mexico from 1990-1994. Records were reviewed for demographics and possible contributing factors such as depression, previous attempts, and alcohol and drug use. We identified 184 suicide deaths among children and adolescents ages 9-20 years for an overall rate of 12.9 per 100,000. Our rates for ages 5-9 years (0.2), 10-14 years (3.8), and 15-19 years (22.3) are over twice the U. S. rates. Suicide deaths resulted primarily from firearms (67%), hanging (16%), poisoning (6%), inhalation (4%), and other methods (7%). Method varied by ethnicity (p = .01) and gender (p = .03); males and non-Hispanic Whites were overrepresented among firearm deaths. Firearm ownership was known in 60 (48%) of the firearm deaths. Of these, 53% of the firearms belonged to a family member, 25% to the decedent, and 22% to a friend. Over one-third of decedents (41%) experienced mental disorders, primarily depressed mood and clinical depression. Previous suicide attempts were noted for 15% of the decedents. Some 50% of the decedents had alcohol or drugs present at the time of death; among American Indians/Alaska Natives, 74% had drugs or alcohol present (p = .003). Targeted interventions are needed to reduce adolescent suicide in New Mexico. We suggest raising awareness about acute and chronic contributing factors to suicide; training physicians to look for behavioral manifestations of depression; and involving physicians, teachers, and youth activity leaders in efforts to limit firearm accessibility, such as advising parents to remove firearms from their households.
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- D D Werenko
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah, USA
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Ponizovsky AM, Ritsner MS, Modai I. Suicidal ideation and suicide attempts among immigrant adolescents from the former Soviet Union to Israel. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 1999; 38:1433-41. [PMID: 10560231 DOI: 10.1097/00004583-199911000-00019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE A community survey was conducted to examine suicidal ideation and suicide attempts, behavior problems, psychological distress, social support, and adjustment difficulties in a sample of adolescents. METHOD Four hundred six Russian-born Jewish immigrants to Israel, aged 11 to 18 years, were selected to match the age and sex distribution of the total immigrant adolescent population. Two indigenous samples of Jewish adolescents in Russia (n = 203) and in Israel (n = 104) were matched with immigrants for comparison. Parameters of interest were measured with self-administered questionnaires. RESULTS The 6-month prevalence rate of suicidal ideation in the immigrant sample (10.9%) was significantly higher than that for Russian controls (3.5%) but not for Israeli natives (8.7%). There were few gender differences in suicidal ideation and suicide attempts. Older adolescents reported suicidal ideation 2 times more frequently than their younger counterparts. Suicide ideators scored significantly higher than nonideators on all scales of psychological distress and behavior problems. They rated higher sources of immigration difficulties concerning language, physical health, personality characteristics, and family problems but had less socioeconomic and intercultural problems of migration and lower social support from the family but not from other sources. CONCLUSIONS Results clearly support the migration-convergence hypothesis of suicide risk among adolescents.
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- A M Ponizovsky
- Psychiatric Epidemiology Research Unit, Talbieh Mental Health Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
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Clarke VA, Frankish CJ, Green LW. Understanding suicide among indigenous adolescents: a review using the PRECEDE model. Inj Prev 1997; 3:126-34. [PMID: 9213160 PMCID: PMC1067795 DOI: 10.1136/ip.3.2.126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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AIM To use the available literature to identify the causes of suicide among indigenous adolescents. METHOD The PRECEDE model provided a framework to organize the material and identify the areas where relatively little research had been reported. RESULTS The epidemiological diagnosis showed that suicide was greater in indigenous than non-indigenous populations and particularly high among adolescent males. Environments of native persons are characterized by remoteness, poverty, cultural displacement, and family disintegration. The educational and organizational diagnosis identified predisposing factors reflecting the social environments previously identified, the enabling factors of televised suicides, and firearm and alcohol availability, in conjunction with an absence of positive expectations. Finally the administrative and policy diagnosis identified a piecemeal, short term perspective, often lacking cultural sensitivity. Although there was more literature from the United States than from Canada, Australia or New Zealand, the pictures emerging were consistent, with problems being identified across continents. Literature was more abundant in relation to the epidemiological, environmental, and educational/ organizational diagnoses than in relation to policy and administration. CONCLUSION The increased suicide rates among indigenous adolescents were not a product of their native origins, but of the social milieu in which these people generally found themselves.
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- V A Clarke
- School of Psychology, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
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Kirmayer LJ, Malus M, Boothroyd LJ. Suicide attempts among Inuit youth: a community survey of prevalence and risk factors. Acta Psychiatr Scand 1996; 94:8-17. [PMID: 8841671 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1996.tb09818.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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The prevalence of and risk factors for attempted suicide and suicidal ideation were examined with a survey of 99 Inuit, aged 14-25 years, residing in a community in Northern Québec. A total of 34% of survey respondents reported a previous suicide attempt, and 20% had attempted suicide more than once. A suicide attempt had resulted in injury in about 11% of those surveyed. The prevalence of suicidal ideation was also very high: 43% of subjects reported past thoughts of suicide, and 26% had had suicidal thoughts during the month before the survey. Risk factors for suicide attempts included male gender, having a friend who had attempted or committed suicide, a history of being physically abused, a history of solvent abuse, and having a parent with an alcohol or drug problem. Protective factors included a family history of having received treatment for a psychiatric problem, more frequent church attendance, and a high level of academic achievement. While individuals in the community who are at high risk for suicide can be targeted for preventive measures, the high prevalence and effect of family problems on likelihood of suicide attempts indicate the need for family- and community-based approaches.
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- L J Kirmayer
- Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montréal, Canada
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Eskin M. Suicidal behavior as related to social support and assertiveness among Swedish and Turkish high school students: a cross-cultural investigation. J Clin Psychol 1995; 51:158-72. [PMID: 7797638 DOI: 10.1002/1097-4679(199503)51:2<158::aid-jclp2270510204>3.0.co;2-h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Among 652 Swedish and 654 Turkish adolescents, the study found that 61 Swedish (9.4%) and 71 Turkish (10.9%) adolescents reported that they had made previous suicide attempts. Previous psychiatric contact, female gender, low perceived family support, and suicide attempts in the family for the Swedish group and suicide attempts in the family, low perceived family support, psychiatric disorder in the family, and previous psychiatric contact variables in the Turkish sample were found to be associated with previous attempts. Low perceived family support, previous suicide attempts, low perceived peer support, female gender, previous psychiatric contact, low positive assertion skills, and a small number of friends for the Swedish; and low perceived family support, previous suicide attempts, low perceived peer support, suicide attempts in the family, and previous psychiatric contact variables for the Turkish group were found to be significant predictors of current suicidal risk.
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- M Eskin
- Department of Psychology, Stockholm University, Sweden
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