A comparison of the prevalence and risk factors of suicidal ideation and suicide attempts in two American Indian population samples and in a general population sample

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2394969
AutoresShay-Lee Bolton (0000-0002-0750-4266, University of Manitoba, autor de correspondencia), Belay Elias (0000-0002-2449-8347, University of Manitoba), Brenda Elias (University of Manitoba), Murray W Enns (0000-0002-8375-0151, University of Manitoba), Jitender Sareen (0000-0001-8573-6495, University of Manitoba), Janette Beals (University of Colorado Denver), Douglas K Novins (0000-0003-4475-8596, University of Colorado Denver), The Swampy Cree Suicide Prevention Team, The Ai-Superpfp Team
Año2014
Volumen51
Número1
Páginas3-22
Fecha de publicación2014-02-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaTranscultural Psychiatry (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1363-4615 • E-ISSN: 1461-7471
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1363461513502574
PMID24065607
PMCIDPMC4530965
OpenAlexW2103875929
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas5
Referencias citadas23

The current study aimed to examine whether the prevalence and risk factors for suicidal ideation and attempts differ when comparing two American Indian reservation samples to the U.S. general population. Data were from the baseline nationally representative National Comorbidity Survey ( N = 5,877) and the representative American Indian Service Utilization, Psychiatric Epidemiology, Risk and Protective Factors Project (AI-SUPERPFP; N = 3,084). Face-to-face interviews were conducted using the fully structured World Health Organization Composite International Diagnostic Interview. American Indians from these Northern Plains and Southwest tribes appeared significantly less likely to have suicidal thoughts in their lifetime when compared with the general population, odds ratio (OR) of 0.49 (99% CI [0.36, 0.66]) and 0.36 (99% CI [0.25, 0.51]), respectively. However, members of the Northern Plains tribe were more likely to have attempted suicide in their lifetime compared with the general population (OR = 1.96, 99% CI [1.45, 2.65]). Suicide attempts without suicidal ideation were more common in the two American Indian samples than in the general population. In contrast, correlates of suicidal behavior appear quite similar when comparing the groups. Increased attention is needed to determine why rates of ideation and attempts may differ in American Indians when compared with the general population

Environmental health · Odds ratio · Poison control · Population · Psychiatry · Sociology · Suicidal ideation · Suicide prevention · Demography · Medicine · Mental Health Treatment and Access · Psychology · Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments · Suicide and Self-Harm Studies · Epidemiology · Internal Medicine