Abstract

A Binational School Survey of Depressive Symptoms, Drug use, and Suicidal Ideation

Swanson J W~~Linskey A O~~et al

Year: 1992 Source: Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, v.31, no.4, (July 1992), p.669-678 SIEC No: 19920818

New findings are presented from a survey of depressive symptoms, illicit drug use, & suicidality among 4,157 adolescents in 6 border cities in Texas & Tamaulipas, Mexico. Among the Texas youth, 23.43% said they had thought about killing themselves during the past week. 11.57% of the Mexican youth reported current suicidal ideation. Multivariate models are presented to show the linkage between psychological distress, drug use & suicidality in the sample of border youth. (36 refs.)