A Cross-National Comparison of Suicide Attempts, Drug Use, and Depressed Mood Among Dominican Youth

被引:3
作者
Pena, Juan B. [1 ]
Masyn, Katherine E. [2 ]
Thorpe, Lorna E. [3 ]
Pena, Stephanie M. [4 ]
Caine, Eric D. [5 ]
机构
[1] Hunter Coll, Silberman Sch Social Work, New York, NY 10065 USA
[2] Georgia State Univ, Sch Publ Hlth, Atlanta, GA 30303 USA
[3] Hunter Coll, CUNY Sch Publ Hlth, New York, NY USA
[4] Callen Lorde Community Hlth Ctr, New York, NY USA
[5] Univ Rochester, Med Ctr, Dept Psychiat, Rochester, NY 14642 USA
关键词
RISK-FACTORS; BEHAVIOR; ASSOCIATION; MORTALITY; SYMPTOMS; MODEL;
D O I
10.1111/sltb.12189
中图分类号
R749 [精神病学];
学科分类号
100205 ;
摘要
We compared suicide attempts, depressed mood, and drug use of 1,710 Dominican public high school students in New York City (NYC) and 9,573 in the Dominican Republic (DR) in 2009. Compared to DR Dominicans, NYC Dominicans were more likely to have reported lifetime marijuana use (27.6% vs. 1.5%), lifetime inhalant use (11.0% vs. 7.6%), lifetime other drug use (9.9% vs. 3.0%), depressed mood (31.3% vs. 27.2%), and suicide attempt (13.8% vs. 8.8%). The results of this study supported the hypothesis that substantial increases in illicit drug use, especially cocaine, heroin, ecstasy, and methamphetamines, among NYC Dominican youth account for their increased risk for suicide attempts compared to their DR Dominican counterparts. It also identified suicide attempts as a public health problem among NYC Dominicans, the largest NYC Latino immigrant population.
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页数:12
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