Journal Article on Suicidal Ideation Among Youth in Juvenile DetentionA recent journal article “Suicidal Ideation and Behaviors Among Youths in Juvenile Detention” by Karen M. Abram Ph.D., et al., published in the March 2008 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (47:3) , examines suicidal ideations, suicide attempts, and the lethality of these attempts, as well as the relationship between psychiatric disorder and recent suicide attempts by newly detained juveniles. Using results from the Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children (DISC) it was determined that approximately 1 in 10 juvenile detainees had thought about committing suicide in the past 6 months and recent suicide attempts were more prevalent in females and youths with major depression and generalized anxiety disorder. |