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Suicidal Behavior Among Minority Youth in the United States (IN: Ethnic Issues in Adolescent Mental Health, ed. by A R Stiffman & L E Davis)
Wyche K F~~Rotheram-Borus M J
The goals of this chapter are: 1) to describe ethnic differences observed in suicide rates; 2) to examine potential hypotheses that may lead one to question the validity of these rates; & 3) to outline the cultural norms of the American Indian, black & Hispanic culture that are hypothesized to influence the rates. Ways in which white therapists may acquire increased sensitivity to the norms of their minority patient’s understanding of death, suicide & the therapeutic process are discussed.