Prevalence, Correlates, and Treatment of Lifetime Suicidal Behavior Among Adolescents
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Results: The estimated lifetime prevalences of suicide ideation, plans, and attempts among the respondents are 12.1%, 4.0%, and 4.1%, respectively. The vast majority of adolescents with these behaviors meet lifetime criteria for at least one DSM-IV mental disorder assessed in the survey. Most temporally primary (based on retrospective age-of-onset reports) fear/anger, distress, disruptive behavior, and substance disorders significantly predict elevated odds of subsequent suicidal behaviors in bivariate models. The most consistently significant associations of these disorders are with suicide ideation, although a number of disorders are also predictors of plans and both planned and unplanned attempts among ideators. Most suicidal adolescents ( 80%) receive some form of mental health treatment. In most cases ( 55%), treatment starts prior to onset of suicidal behaviors but fails to prevent these behaviors from occurring.
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