title: Immigration, suicidal ideation and deliberate self-injury in the Boston youth survey 2006.
abstract: The prevalence and immigration-related correlates of deliberate self-injury (DSI) and suicidal ideation (SI) were estimated in a sample of Boston public high school students in 2006. Compared with U.S.-born youth, immigrant youth were not at increased risk for DSI or SI, even if they had experienced discrimination due to their ancestry. By contrast, U.S.-born youth who reported having been discriminated against because of their ancestry had an increased risk of deliberate self-injury (odds ratio [OR] = 3.1, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.6-5.9) and suicidal ideation (OR = 2.1, 95% CI = 1.2-3.8). The combination of being U.S.-born and experiencing ancestry-based discrimination identifies youth at increased risk for suicidal behavior.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Psychiatry & Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, Mexico City, Mexico. guibor@imp.edu.mx
authors.forename: Guilherme
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Borges
authors.forename: Deborah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Azrael
authors.forename: Joanna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Almeida
authors.forename: Renee M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: Beth E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Molnar
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hemenway
authors.forename: Matthew
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Miller
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001900:Boston / Q000453:epidemiology; D016001:Confidence Intervals; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016017:Odds Ratio; D011287:Prejudice; D015995:Prevalence; D044469:Racial Groups / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012307:Risk Factors; D016728:Self-Injurious Behavior / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D059020:Suicidal Ideation; D055815:Young Adult