title: Risk factors for suicidal behavior among a national sample of adolescents: implications for prevention.
abstract: Factors associated with suicidal ideation and attempts were examined among a national probability sample of adolescents. Sample prevalences of suicidal ideation and attempts were 24.3% and 3.3%, respectively, yielding weighted population prevalence estimates of 23.3% and 3.1%. Suicidal ideation was positively associated with female gender, age, family alcohol and drug problems, violence exposure, lifetime depression, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Suicide attempts were associated with female gender, age, sexual and physical assault, lifetime substance abuse or dependence, PTSD, and depression. Implications for intervention and prevention are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA. waldrop@musc.edu
authors.forename: Angela E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Waldrop
authors.forename: Rochelle F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Hanson
authors.forename: Heidi S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Resnick
authors.forename: Dean G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Kilpatrick
authors.forename: Amy E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Naugle
authors.forename: Benjamin E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Saunders
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000437:Alcoholism; D002648:Child; D019548:Crime Victims / Q000523:psychology; D003863:Depression; D005195:Family Relations; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health; D012307:Risk Factors; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014481:United States; D014754:Violence