Prediction of suicide intent in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal adolescent inpatients: A research note

Author(s): Inayatulla, M., Cox, B., Cheyne, L.

Journal/Book: Suicide Life Threaten Behav. 1997; 27: 72 Spring Street, New York, NY 10012. Guilford Publications Inc. 218-224.

Abstract: The relationship among depressive symptoms, anxiety, hopelessness, and suicidal intent was explored in a group of 77 adolescents who had been hospitalized after attempting suicide. Regression analyses indicated that hopelessness was the only significant predictor of suicide intent in Caucasian patients, and depressed mood was the only significant predictor in the Aboriginal group. Clinicians should be aware that measures of hopelessness may be of limited value in assessing suicidal risk in Aboriginal adolescents.

Note: Article Enns MW, Psychlth Ctr, PZ430 771 Bannatyne Ave, Winnipeg, MB R3E 3N4, CANADA

Keyword(s): PANIC DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC-INPATIENTS; EVENTUAL SUICIDE; CLINICAL PREDICTORS; RISK-FACTORS; HOPELESSNESS; DEPRESSION; IDEATION; BEHAVIOR; ANXIETY

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