title: The relationship of drug use to suicide ideation and attempts among African American, Hispanic, and white non-Hispanic male adolescents.
abstract: This study presents self-report cross-sectional and longitudinal data on associations between drug use, suicide ideation, and attempts in a multiethnic sample of seventh- and eighth-grade male adolescents attending school in the greater Miami, Florida, area. African Americans had the highest prevalence of 6-month ideation (20.5%), and Haitians had the highest attempts (11.4%). For the total sample, tranquilizers had the highest odds ratio for ideation (3.4), and PCP for attempts (6.2). Psychoactive drug-use was consistently related to attempts among Hispanics, white non-Hispanics, and African Americans. Acculturation strains interacted with cocaine and crack to predict suicide attempts among Hispanic respondents.
authors.affiliation: SAHS, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley 94720.
authors.forename: W A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Vega
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gil
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Warheit
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Apospori
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zimmerman
mesh_terms: D000069:Acculturation; D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology*; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000523:psychology*; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D012307:Risk Factors; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D044465:White People / Q000523:psychology*