Citation

Nolen S, McReynolds LS, Decomo RE, John R, Keating JM, Wasserman GA. Arch. Suicide Res. 2008; 12(2): 111-123.

Affiliation

Center for Promotion of Mental Health in Juvenile Justice (CPMHJJ), Division of Child Psychiatry, Columbia University/New York State Psychiatric Institute.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, International Academy of Suicide Research, Publisher Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/13811110701857087

PMID

18340593

Abstract

To describe suicide risk in youth seen at a Juvenile Assessment Center (JAC), we examined relationships among self-reported lifetime attempts and demographic, justice, and psychiatric data via logistic regression. Similar to other settings, youth reporting lifetime attempts were more likely to be older, female, not living with both parents and currently arrested for a violent or felony crime. Mood, substance use, and behavior disorder each increased prediction substantially. Anxiety Disorder was associated with elevated attempt rates for boys only. JACs need to develop protocols for identifying suicide risk; further, since suicide history predicts future attempts, Anxiety Disordered boys may be at particular risk.

Language: en