Implications of National Suicide Trends for Social Work Practice with Black Youth

Joe, Sean

doi:10.1007/s10560-006-0064-7

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“…The current study corroborates the finding from the prior study that African American adolescents were more likely than European Americans to report thoughts of death and suicide. This finding is also consistent with the documented increase in the occurrence of suicide and suicidal ideation among African American youth from 1991 to 2003, a time during which suicide among European American youth declined or remained steady (Joe, 2006). The current study included a sizable representation of Asian American adolescents, who were also more likely than European Americans adolescents to report thoughts of death and suicide.…”

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confidence: 88%

Thoughts of Death and Suicide in Early Adolescence

Stoep¹,

McCauley²,

Flynn³

et al. 2009

Suicide & Life Threat Behav

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This community-based study estimates the prevalence and persistence of thoughts of death and suicide during early adolescence. A latent class approach was used to identify distinct subgroups based on endorsements to depression items administered repeatedly over 24 months. Two classes emerged, with 75% in a LOW IDEATION class across four assessments. <2% persisted in the HIGH IDEATION class over 3+ assessments. African American and Asian American adolescents were more likely than European Americans to belong to the HIGH IDEATION class. No members of the LOW IDEATION class endorsed "thought about killing myself", while "thoughts of death and dying" was endorsed by members of both classes. Implications for interpreting meanings of death and suicide ideation in early adolescence are discussed.Suicide is the third leading cause of death among adolescents (Anderson, 2002) with many more youth reporting thoughts of suicide as well as suicide attempts (Center for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2006). While risk of death by suicide is still relatively low among children younger than 12 years of age, suicide is the fourth leading cause of death among 12-year-olds (Hoyert, Heron, Murphy, & Kung, 2006). A 2006 survey of a representative sample of 4447 public school students in Washington State found that 11% of eighth graders had considered attempting suicide in the prior twelve months (Washington State Department of Health [DOH], 2007). In a community-based study the occurrence of suicidal thoughts was investigated among seventh through ninth graders using three items from the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale . Assessments were conducted annually over a three year period in early adolescence. At each assessment, 70% of respondents reported no suicidal thoughts, 15 to 20% reported some thoughts, while 6% reported high suicidal ideation scores. Given that thoughts about suicide appear to be quite common among adolescents (Lewinsohn, Rhode, & Seeley, 1996), some researchers suggest that suicidal ideation during high school age adolescents is normative (Marcenko, Fishman, & Friedman, 1999). The meaning and developmental course of suicidal thoughts in early adolescence is, however, not well understood.Early adolescence is a period of significant change, during which children undergo the physical changes associated with puberty and face new challenges as they transition to middle school where they encounter increased peer and academic pressures (Rudolph, Lambert, Clark, & Corresponding author: Ann Vander Stoep, Ph.D., University of Washington, Child Health Institute, 6200 NE 74 th Street, Suite 215, Seattle, Phone: (206) 543-1538; Fax: (206) 2001;Simmons, Burgeson, Carlton-Ford, & Blyth, 1987). The number of youth who experience emotional and behavioral problems increases (Hankin et al., 1998;Newman et al., 1996). Recent developments in neuroscience contribute to our understanding of why the risk of emotional and behavioral problems increases during adolescence (Giedd, 2004;Steinberg et ...

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 88%

Thoughts of Death and Suicide in Early Adolescence

Stoep¹,

McCauley²,

Flynn³

et al. 2009

Suicide & Life Threat Behav

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“…Although, the suicide rate among adolescents has been the highest among Caucasians, the gap between African Americans and Caucasians has been narrowed significantly (Portner 1998). In America, male adolescents have reported a higher rate of suicide completion than female adolescents (Joe 2006), though female adolescents are more likely to attempt suicide than male adolescents (Bae et al 2005). The higher rate of suicide attempts in females is associated with less lethal methods of suicide, including jumping from heights or overdosing on a treatable amount of drugs.…”

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Physical and Psycho-Social Predictors of Adolescents’ Suicide Behaviors

Kim

Moon

Kim

2011

Child Adolesc Soc Work J

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The current study examined the relationship between suicidal behaviors and physical and psycho-social predictors including body image, weight control behaviors, and risky sexual behaviors among Asian, African American, Caucasian, and Hispanic adolescents. This study used the 2007 Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS). The target populations were 11,134 adolescents (5,636 female and 5,498 male) in 9th-12th grade who completed the survey. A linear regression was conducted to examine the correlation between predictors and suicidal behaviors. The results showed that gender, grade, depression, substance use, body image, weight control behaviors, and risky sexual behaviors were significant predictors of adolescents' suicidal behaviors, while race/ethnicity was not a good predictor. Also, there were significant gender and grade differences in suicidal behaviors. Based on the results, practice implications for suicide prevention were discussed.

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“…This is consistent with prior research demonstrating that level of suicide risk differs by gender (Eaton et al, 2012; Joe et al, 2009). Even though the rates reported by this sample of adolescents are alarming, it is possible that suicide risk was underreported due to the stigma associated with suicidality within the African American community (Goldston et al, 2008; Joe et al, 2006; Joiner, 2010). The rates reported, nonetheless, persuasively argue for suicide prevention efforts that will be effective for African American adolescents.…”

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confidence: 91%

Culturally grounded stress reduction and suicide prevention for African American adolescents.

Robinson¹,

Case²,

Whipple³

et al. 2016

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Suicide is an often-overlooked manifestation of violence among African American youth that has become more prevalent in the last two decades. This article reports on the process used to culturally adapt a cognitive-behavioral coping with stress prevention intervention for African American adolescents. We implemented this adapted school-based suicide prevention intervention with 758 African American 9th, 10th and 11th grade students at four high schools in a large Midwestern city. The findings presented are preliminary. The adolescents in this sample endorsed high levels of suicide risk, with females endorsing significantly more suicide risk than males. Those receiving the prevention intervention evidenced an 86% relative suicide risk reduction, compared to the standard care control participants. The presented model of adaptation and resulting culturally-grounded suicide prevention intervention significantly reduced suicide risk among African American adolescents. Clinical, research and policy implications are discussed.

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Implications of National Suicide Trends for Social Work Practice with Black Youth

Cited by 19 publications

References 29 publications

Thoughts of Death and Suicide in Early Adolescence

Thoughts of Death and Suicide in Early Adolescence

Physical and Psycho-Social Predictors of Adolescents’ Suicide Behaviors

Culturally grounded stress reduction and suicide prevention for African American adolescents.

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