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  • Title: The relationship of drug use to suicide ideation and attempts among African American, Hispanic, and white non-Hispanic male adolescents.
    Author: Vega WA, Gil A, Warheit G, Apospori E, Zimmerman R.
    Journal: Suicide Life Threat Behav; 1993; 23(2):110-9. PubMed ID: 8342210.
    Abstract:
    This study presents self-report cross-sectional and longitudinal data on associations between drug use, suicide ideation, and attempts in a multiethnic sample of seventh- and eighth-grade male adolescents attending school in the greater Miami, Florida, area. African Americans had the highest prevalence of 6-month ideation (20.5%), and Haitians had the highest attempts (11.4%). For the total sample, tranquilizers had the highest odds ratio for ideation (3.4), and PCP for attempts (6.2). Psychoactive drug-use was consistently related to attempts among Hispanics, white non-Hispanics, and African Americans. Acculturation strains interacted with cocaine and crack to predict suicide attempts among Hispanic respondents.
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