TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2006//
TI  - Profile of a metropolitan North American immigrant suicidal adolescent population
JO  - Canadian journal of psychiatry, The
A1  - Lewkowski, Maxime
A1  - Slatkoff, Joshua
A1  - Rousseau, C.
A1  - Greenfield, Brian
A1  - Dray, Patti
A1  - Morin, Isabelle
A1  - Lashley, Myrna E.
A1  - Dube, S.
A1  - Davis, M.
A1  - Harnden, Bonnie
SP  - 155
EP  - 159
VL  - 51
IS  - 3
N2  - OBJECTIVE: Canadian immigrant adolescents have a lower suicide rate than their nonimmigrant peers. We conducted a hypothesis-generating analysis to determine whether this lower rate correlated with level of drug use and (or) with diagnostic and demographic characteristics of Canadian immigrant adolescents presenting to an emergency room for crisis assessment. METHOD: Known risk factors for suicide were compared among immigrant youth, North American youth, and a culturally mixed group of youth at baseline and at 6-month follow-up. RESULTS: The immigrant group was only differentiated by a lower rate of reported drug use. CONCLUSION: The lower rate of reported drug use at the time of crisis may contribute to the lower suicide rate among immigrants.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0706-7437
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -