Citation

Meza JI, Bath E. J. Am. Acad. Child Adolesc. Psychiatry 2020; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2020, American Academy of Child Adolescent Psychiatry, Publisher Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

10.1016/j.jaac.2020.09.019

PMID

33068754

Abstract

According to the National Center for Health Statistics, the age-adjusted suicide rate in the United States (US) has increased by 33% from 1999-2017, and the largest increases are among females aged 10-14 (240% increase) and 15-24 (93% increase). 1
Currently, suicide is the second leading cause of death for youth aged 10-24 nationally. Decades of studies have noted that the most consistent predictors of death by suicide are previous self-injurious thoughts and behaviors (SITBs), which are disproportionately elevated among Black and Latinx youth. In response, robust efforts have been mobilized to reduce youth suicide, including NIMH funding for several Zero Suicide Studies, with the aims of reducing suicide for individuals receiving treatment within healthcare systems. More recently, in 2019, the NIMH generated a report for Identifying Research Priorities in Child Suicide Risk. Despite these collective efforts, limited progress has been made on the development of culturally adapted treatments for suicide, a missing opportunity given the statistics of disproportionate rates of suicide attempts and high lethality attempts among Black and Latinx youth...

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