Resource Tag: ETHNIC GROUPS

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This study compared self-reported risk factors for suicide among American high school students in the last decade. Data from the 1999Ð2009 Youth Risk Behavior Surveys was analyzed by 8 self-reported ethnicity groups across 6 suicide-related items: depression, suicide ideation, suicide planning, suicide attempts, and suicide attempts requiring medical attention). Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander adolescents had the […]

This study established the causes, rates, & trends in suicides at work among seafarers in British merchant shipping from 1919-2005, & compared suicide rates with the general United Kingdom population, & with seafarers employed in non-United Kingdom shipping. The suicide rate in British shipping fell from 40-50 per 100,000 in the 1920s to less than […]

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This article describes the completed suicide patterns which occurred in the Timur Laut district of Penang Island, Malaysia. In a prospective cohort study over the three years period (2007-2009) there were 138 cases of suicide deaths. The number of suicide deaths for the year 2007, 2008 and 2009 were 45, 41 and 52 deaths, respectively. […]

In 2002, the author & colleagues presented limited data that suggested a higher suicide death rate in the Rocky Mountain states (Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, & Wyoming). This letter to the editor expands on that study, covering data from 1979-2006 as well as addressing gender, race, & socioeconomic factors. A correlation […]

This study assessed whether gender- & ethnic-specific suicide rates differed across 6 of South Africa’s major cities. Data on 4946 suicides occurring between 2001-2003 were collected. The overall age-standardised rate for the 6 cities was 25.3 per 100,000 for men & 5.6 per 100,000 for women. Suicide rates are most often highest among whites & […]

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships among college age students experiences in close friendship, emotional autonomy, & reasons to live. A final sample of 441 undergraduate students participated. Results indicated a significant negative association between attachment anxiety & reasons to live implying that students that are more confident in a friends’ […]

This study explored ethnic variations in compulsory detentions of women & the potential role of immediate pathways to admission & clinician-rated reasons for admission as mediators of these differences. All women admitted to an acute psychiatric inpatient ward or a women’s crisis house in 4 London boroughs during a 12-week period were included. Adjusting for […]

Drawing on the civil society & civic community literatures, this study applies the theory of social capital to the study of suicide. Macro-level data are analyzed to determine the relationship between the social capital of an area & the prevalence of suicide. Negative binomial regression is used to examine American counties of 100,000 residents or […]

This study assessed patterns of mental health service use among adolescents who had attempted suicide & examined factors associated with their service use at individual, family, & community levels. Bivariate & multiple logistic regression analyses were conducted with data from 877 adolescents who had attempted suicide in the past 12 months. Less than half reported […]

The authors analysed alcohol involvement in 84,005 medically identified live discharges for self-inflicted intentional injuries (typically suicide acts) from hospitals in 20 American states in 1997. Alcohol was involved in 27% of the discharges. Evidence of alcohol was significantly more prevalent in men than women, but generally men drink more than women. Blacks had the […]

This study describes mortality patterns among Metis & Registered Indian adults, compared with the non-Aboriginal population. The 1991-2001 Canadian census mortality follow-up study tracked mortality among a 15% sample of respondents, aged 25 or older. Age-specific & age-standardized mortality rates & period life tables based on the number of person-years at risk were calculated across […]

This study used data on 810 civil psychiatric patients from the MacArthur Violence Risk Assessment Project to examine the relationships between scores on the 4 dimensions of the Psychopathy Checklist: Screening Version & suicide attempts & nonsuicidal self-injurious behaviour. Results indicate only the antisocial dimension of psychopathy is associated with suicide attempts. With regard to […]

This article reviews studies which examined the effect of antidepressant prescribing on suicide rates in the elderly. Although a decline in the numbers of late-life suicides has occurred, it is suggested this decline may not be sustainable through the treatment of depression alone. The identification of additional biomedical & psychosocial characteristics which prevent or promote […]

The authors conducted a 10-year (1993-2002) retrospective review of suicide from all Medical Examiners’ offices in Kentucky. There were 2,864 suicides ranging between 11-96 years of age. The majority of victims were males & Caucasian. African-American females comprised the smallest group of suicides. The most common method of suicide was by firearms. Trends of suicide […]

53 alcohol-dependent men without additional Axis I disorders were divided into two groups based on past history of suicide attempts, 15 with such a history & 38 without. A significantly higher percentage of patients in the group with a history of suicide attempts had personal & family histories of either illicit drug use, past psychiatric […]

This article provides an update on the relationship between ethnicity & suicide ideation & attempts. It reviews the rates of suicide ideation & attempts across ethnic groups in the Untied States as well as the risk factors associated with suicide attempts in each ethnic group. Findings from published studies underscore the need to conduct large […]

The prevalence & persistence of thoughts of death & suicide during early adolescence were estimated in a community-based cohort. A latent class approach was used to identify distinct subgroups based on endorsements to depression items administered repeatedly over 24 months. 2 classes emerged, with 75% in a low ideation class across 4 assessments. Less than […]

The study determined whether personality might partially explain associations between sociodemographic factors & self-reported suicide attempts. Data were from a postal survey sent to 912 community residents previously selected at random. In a multiple, logistic-regression analysis constrained to sociodemographic predictors, only young age, female gender, poor self-reported health, & Medicaid status remained as predictors of […]

The case records of 132 people in Lautoka, Fiji referred to counselling services (January 2004-December 2005) following a suicide attempt were reviewed. 75% of the study group were under age 32, 90% were Indo-Fijian, & 66% were females. Findings show social stress was the primary reason for attempted suicide among all ages, genders, religions, & […]