title: Understanding suicide attempts by adolescent Hispanic females.
abstract: This article presents integrative model to aid clinicians in understanding suicide attempts by adolescent Hispanic females. On the basis of knowledge accumulated through clinical and research experience, the model describes a convergence of sociocultural, familial, developmental, and psychological factors that include considerations of family and parental functioning; adolescent female development; and the relationships of fathers, mothers, and daughters.
authors.affiliation: Center for Hispanic Mental Health Research, Graduate School of Social Service, Fordham University, New York, NY 10023, USA. zayas@murray.fordham.edu
authors.forename: L H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Zayas
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kaplan
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Turner
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Romano
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gonzalez-Ramos
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D013406:Suicide, Attempted