Citation

Huey SJ, Henggeler SW, Rowland MD, Halliday-Boykins CA, Cunningham PB, Pickrel SG. J. Clin. Child Adolesc. Psychol. 2005; 34(3): 582-589.

Affiliation

Department of Psychology and Program in American Studies and Ethnicity, University of Southern California.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2005, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1207/s15374424jccp3403_13

PMID

16026221

Abstract

This study evaluated factors that predicted poor treatment response for 70 suicidal youth (ages 10 to 17 years; 67% African American) who received either multisystemic therapy (MST) or inpatient psychiatric hospitalization. Following treatment, suicidal youth were classified as either treatment responders or nonresponders based on caregiver or youth report of attempted suicide. Overall, female gender, depressive affect, parental control, caregiver psychiatric distress, and caregiver history of psychiatric hospitalization were associated with suicide attempts. However, controlling for other variables, only depressive affect and parental control predicted treatment nonresponse. These results suggest the need to adapt existing treatments for suicidal youth to better address problems relating to youth depression.