Social Risk and Protective Factors for Suicide Attempts in Low Income African American Men and Women

Kaslow, Nadine J.; Sherry, Alissa; Bethea, Kafi; Wyckoff, Sarah C.; Compton, Michael T.; Grall, Marnette Bender; Scholl, Larry; Price, Ann Webb; Kellermann, Arthur L.; Thompson, Nancy J.; Parker, Ruth M.

doi:10.1521/suli.2005.35.4.400

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“…Additionally, social support is protective against a range of mental health problems and has been linked to lowered odds of being diagnosed with depression (Chatters et al, 2015; Lincoln & Chae, 2012; Lincoln, Taylor, Chae, & Chatters, 2010; Taylor et al, 2015), anxiety (Levine, Taylor, Nguyen, Chatters, & Himle, in press; Lincoln, Taylor, Bullard, et al, 2010), fewer depressive symptoms (Haines, Beggs, & Hurlbert, 2008; Lincoln, Chatters, & Taylor, 2005), and lower levels of psychological distress (Lincoln, Chatters, & Taylor, 2003). Conversely, African Americans experiencing low levels of social support are more likely to have suicidal ideation (Lincoln, Taylor, Chatters, & Joe, 2012; Wingate et al, 2005) and to attempt suicide (Compton, Thompson, & Kaslow, 2005; Kaslow et al, 2005; Lincoln, Taylor, Chatters, et al, 2012). More specifically, smaller social support network size and decreased frequency of contact with one’s support network are correlated with higher rates of suicide completion (Turvey et al, 2002).…”

Section: Informal Support Negative Interactions and Mental Health Amentioning

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Family, friends, and 12-month PTSD among African Americans

Nguyen

Chatters

Taylor

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Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol

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Purpose Despite a growing literature on the influence of social support on mental health, little is known about the relationship between social support and specific psychiatric disorders for African Americans, such as PTSD. This study investigated the relationship between social support, negative interaction with family and 12-month PTSD among African Americans. Methods Analyses were based on a nationally representative sample of African Americans from the National Survey of American Life (n=3,315). Social support variables included emotional support from family, frequency of contact with family and friends, subjective closeness with family and friends, and negative interactions with family. Results Results indicated that emotional support from family is negatively associated with 12-month PTSD while negative interaction with family is predictive of 12-month PTSD. Additionally, a significant interaction indicated that high levels of subjective closeness to friends could offset the impact of negative family interactions on 12-month PTSD. Conclusions Overall, study results converged with previously established findings indicating that emotional support from family is associated with 12-month PTSD, while, negative interaction with family is associated with increased risk of 12-month PTSD. The findings are discussed in relation to prior research on the unique association between social support and mental health among African Americans.

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Section: Informal Support Negative Interactions and Mental Health Amentioning

confidence: 99%

Family, friends, and 12-month PTSD among African Americans

Nguyen

Chatters

Taylor

et al. 2016

Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol

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“…The second study involved African American men and women aged 18-64 years (n=200). Cases included 50 men and 50 women who were seen by medical or psychiatric services within 24 hours after a suicide attempt, and controls included 50 men and 50 women with no history of suicidal behavior who were seeking medical care in an urgent care clinic within the same hospital (Compton et al, 2004;Kaslow et al, 2004;Kaslow et al, 2005). Exclusionary criteria for both studies are detailed extensively in prior publications Thompson et al, 2002;Compton et al, 2004;Kaslow et al, 2004;Kaslow et al, 2005).…”

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The impact of psychoticism on perceived hassles, depression, hostility, and hopelessness in non-psychiatric African Americans

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et al. 2008

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Psychotic symptoms are distributed along a continuum that extends from normality to diagnosable psychotic disorders and the presence of psychoticism among individuals in the general population may lead to morbidity and social impairment. This study examined a model in which psychoticism leads to several important psychological consequences. The analysis included 134 African Americans with no psychiatric history who were being seen in medical walk-in clinics for nonemergency medical problems. Psychoticism, perceived hassles, depression, hostility, and hopelessness were measured. The Linear Structural Relations Program (LISREL) was used to test the fit of the data to the proposed model, a trimmed hierarchical version, and two alternative models. The data supported a model in which psychoticism has substantial effects on several important characteristics: perceived daily hassles, depression, and hostility. Depression mediated the association between psychoticism and hopelessness. Goodness-of-fit indices for a final trimmed model that eliminated one path from the initial postulated model revealed good fit to the data, and the two alternative models were found not to fit the data. Like psychosis itself, psychoticism appears to cause meaningful dysfunction even among non-psychiatric individuals from the general population. Additional research is needed to further characterize the detrimental effects of psychoticism or self-reported psychotic symptoms in the general, non-psychiatric population.

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“…Meanwhile, psychiatry patients without suicidal ideation showed significantly lower mean scores on protective factors as compared to medical patients without suicidal ideation. These results were expected since psychiatry patients with suicidal ideation are known to have lower level to reasons for living, self esteem, hopefulness, social support and satisfaction with life Malone et al, 2000;Meadow et al, 2005;Kaslow et al, 2005;Nisbet and Lewinsohn et al, 1994.…”

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“…Meanwhile, Kaslow et al, (2005) concluded in their study that suicide attempter's (African-American adult) status could be predicted by social support received among these group as compared to non-suicide attempters. Nisbet (1996) reported in his study that one of the protective factors for low suicide rates of black females in USA include social support from friends and family.…”

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“…Reason for living (Malone et al, 2000;Oquendo et al,2005), hopefulness (Meadow et al 2005;Kaslow, 2002), social support (Everall, Altrows & Paulson, 2006;Kaslow et al, 2002;Kaslow et al 2005;Nisbet, 1996;Coker et al 2002;Donald et al, 2006;Meadows, 2005;Pietrzak, 2010), satisfaction with life (Koivumaa et al 2001(Koivumaa et al , 2003, self esteem (Lewinson et al, 1994, Kjelsber et al 1994, coping skills (Kaslow, 2002) were some of other protective factors for suicidal behavior which, had been studied extensively in the West. Meanwhile religious salience (Zuraida & Ahmad, 2007, Kannan 2010, Maisarah, 2008; being married (Hussain, 1997), having coping skills, responsibility to family (Kannan, 2010) and recent changes in personal habit (Chan, 2011) were the only protective factors for suicidal behavior, which had been studied so far in Malaysia (Aishvarya et al, 2013a).…”

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A controlled trial of individual cognitive behavior therapy for unipolar mood disorders with suicidal ideation outpatients: exploring risk and protective factors

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This thesis had two major aims: the first was aimed to test the efficacy of an Individual Cognitive Behavior Therapy for treatment of unipolar mood disorders with suicidal behavior and the second was to evaluate the risk and protective factors for suicidal behavior among patients with unipolar mood disorders in Malaysia. A review of literature on suicidal behavior in Malaysia suggested that lack of suicidal behavior-related measurements has been hindrance in identification of the risk and protective factors for suicidal behaviors. In addition, the investigation of variables that predicts treatment outcomes for patients with unipolar mood disorders with suicidal behavior has also been Confirmatory Factor Analyses were used to examine the psychometric properties and to establish the reliability and validity of these instruments. These measures were validated using the sample size of 483 from both medical and psychiatry patients. All the measures were found to have good reliability and validity using the exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses.Chapter 7 compared the two groups and the results showed that psychiatry patients had significantly higher mean scores on risk factors (hopelessness, psychological distress, depressive, anxiety and stress symptoms) and lower mean scores on protective factors (reasons for living, self esteem, hopefulness, satisfaction with life and social support) for suicidal behavior as compared to medical patients. In addition, patients with suicidal ideation had significantly higher mean scores on risk factors and lower mean scores on protective factors for suicidal behavior as compared to patients iii without suicidal ideation. And finally, there was a significant interaction between diagnosis (psychiatry patients with suicidal ideation, psychiatry patients without suicidal ideation, medical patients with suicidal ideation and medical patients without suicidal ideation) and suicidal behavior (suicidal ideation).Chapter 8 is a controlled trial comparing the Treatment As Usual (TAU) (N=36) DASS-D, BHS-T, DASS-A, DASS-S) and measures of protective factors for suicidal behavior (RFL-T, RSE-T, AHTS-T, PRS-T, SWLS-T, PSR-FR, PSR-FM, SCB, MO, RF, FS, FSD, and CC)were administered at pre, mid, post, 3 months follow-up and 6 months follow-up for both groups.The TAU groups received outpatient treatment as usual by the psychiatrists of the hospital. The results showed that the TAU+ICBT groups consistently and significantly scored better on most of measures when compared to the TAU group. In addition, the TAU+ICBT group improved at earlier stage and the rate of improvement was significantly faster than the TAU group. The TAU group had significant improvement on seven dependent measures only. Thus the addition of the ICBT to TAU produced a more generalized and significant improvement on all the measures of depressive symptoms, measures of suicide ideation symptoms, measures of risk and protective factors of unipolar mood disordered with suicidal ideation patients.The general discussion o...

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Social Risk and Protective Factors for Suicide Attempts in Low Income African American Men and Women

Cited by 75 publications

References 59 publications

Family, friends, and 12-month PTSD among African Americans

Family, friends, and 12-month PTSD among African Americans

The impact of psychoticism on perceived hassles, depression, hostility, and hopelessness in non-psychiatric African Americans

A controlled trial of individual cognitive behavior therapy for unipolar mood disorders with suicidal ideation outpatients: exploring risk and protective factors

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