title: Adolescent suicidality and adult support: the reach for health study of urban youth.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine suicidality among urban youth and its relationship to patterns of adult support.
  
  
  METHODS
  Study surveyed 879 adolescents. Suicide ideation and attempts, perceived adult support, family and formal network availability, and network activation were assessed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Only half of those reporting a suicide attempt had spoken with an adult about their distress. Suicide attempters were more likely than nonattempters to report they would not go to family members in the future, although they were more likely to report a past discussion.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Improving communication among youth, families, and service providers should be a focus of suicide prevention planning.
authors.affiliation: Education Development Center, Inc., Newton, MA 02458, USA. lodonnell@edc.org
authors.forename: Lydia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: O'Donnell
authors.forename: Ann
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Stueve
authors.forename: Dana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wardlaw
authors.forename: Carl
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: O'Donnell
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology; D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology*; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D033062:Friends; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D009518:New York / Q000453:epidemiology; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care / Q000208:ethnology*; D011203:Poverty / Q000208:ethnology; D012307:Risk Factors; D012944:Social Support; D013405:Suicide / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology; D014505:Urban Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000092864:Suicide Prevention