Suicide in Racial and Ethnic Minority Adults: A Review of the Last Decade

Odafe, Mary O.; Talavera, David C.; Cheref, Soumia; Hong, Judy H.; Walker, Robert

doi:10.2174/1573400512666160530124538

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“…Black participants were significantly more likely than White participants to endorse these views. These results contrasted with prior research suggesting that people who identify as Black hold broadly less accepting views of suicide than those who identify as White (Odafe et al , 2016; Walker and Flowers, 2011). However, much of this research focuses on the extent to which suicide is considered an option rather than the right to choose suicide.…”

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“…The most common approach to suicide prevention in the USA focuses on high-risk individuals who exhibit severe psychiatric symptoms and risk factors for suicide (Crawford et al , 2007). Such an approach tends to emphasize variability in the experience of risk factors or how unique risk and protective factors may operate across racial and ethnic groups (Odafe et al , 2016). Alternatively, a comprehensive public health approach to suicide prevention (Caine et al , 2018) calls for increased attention to how individual and contextual factors interact across the risk spectrum.…”

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Black Americans report greater resilience to suicide unless its interpersonally motivated and are more accepting of others right to die

Schuler

Basu

Burcak

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Purpose Suicide is a public health crisis that differentially affects racial and ethnic groups. Suicide is a public health crisis that differentially affects racial and ethnic groups. American Indians had the highest per capita suicide rates (11.1 for females and 33.4 for males) followed by White Americans (8.0 for females and 29.8 for males; Centers for Disease Control, 2019). There is an emerging focus on racial/ethnic disparities in suicide prevention research. Prior studies suggest that more accepting attitudes toward suicide are associated with elevated suicide risk status. As such, this study aims to examine the association between racial/ethnic identity and three attitude domains: the right to die, interpersonal gestures and resilience. Design/methodology/approach General linear models were used to compare racial/ethnic groups in right to die, interpersonal gestures and resilience attitudes. Findings Participants who identified as Native American or Black were more likely than participants who identified as White, Bi/Multi-racial and Hispanic to hold attitudes supporting interpersonal motivations for suicide. Participants who identified as Black were more likely than participants who identified as White to hold right to die attitudes. Participants who identified as Black were more likely than White participants to report not viewing suicide as an option. These results suggest that racial/ethnic identity impacts attitudes toward suicide. People who identify as Native American or Black may be more likely to see suicide as acceptable for interpersonal reasons despite those who identify as Black being less likely to see suicide as an option. This study has implications for suicide prevention programs and interventions within racial/ethnic communities. Focusing interventions on attitudes supporting interpersonal motivations for suicide may increase effectiveness within Native American and Black communities. Originality/value This study aimed to fill a gap in suicide prevention research by examining associations between racial/ethnic identity and responses to a multidimensional attitude toward suicide measure. No prior study has compared attitudes across multiple domains and racial/ethnic groups.

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Black Americans report greater resilience to suicide unless its interpersonally motivated and are more accepting of others right to die

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Basu

Burcak

et al. 2021

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“…As such, in our opinion, this result underscores and justifies the present quasi-longitudinal study design. The result also confirms that NSSIs are not limited to future NSSIs (see also results of the second research question), but to an increased risk to turn NSSIs into suicide attempts [ 2 , 64 ].…”

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When Non-Suicidal Self-Injury Predicts Non-Suicidal Self-Injury and Poor Sleep—Results from a Larger Cross-Sectional and Quasi-Longitudinal Study

Khazaie

Zakiei

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Poor sleep is associated with a higher risk of non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) as a proxy of unfavorable emotion regulation. In the present study, we tested the hypothesis that past non-suicidal self-injury was associated with current non-suicidal self-injury and with current subjective sleep patterns. To this end, a larger sample of young adults were assessed. A total of 2374 adults (mean age: 27.58 years; 39.6% females) completed a series of self-rating questionnaires covering sociodemographic information, past and current NSSIs, suicide attempts, and current sleep patterns, including experiencing nightmares. Past NSSIs predicted current NSSIs. Current sleep patterns had a modest impact on the association between past and current NSSIs. Compared to male participants, female participants did not report more sleep complaints or more current NSSIs, but more past NSSIs. Past NSSIs predicted the occurrences of nightmares and suicide attempts. The best predictor of current NSSI was the remembered past NSSI, while current poor sleep was only modestly associated with current NSSI. Further indicators of current NSSI and poor sleep were suicide attempts and nightmares within the last six months. Overall, it appears that poor emotion regulation should be considered as underlying factor to trigger and maintain non-suicidal self-injury-related behavior and poor sleep. Further, unlike previous studies, which focused on the possible influence of sleep patterns on NSSIs, the aim of the present study paradigm was to investigate NSSIs on sleep patterns.

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“…Native Americans have the highest rates of suicide. It is the eighth leading cause of death overall and the second leading cause for individuals between the ages of 10 and 34 (Odafe et al 2016). There are also marked increases in suicide rates among Hispanics, especially among adolescents and young adults.…”

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Stress and the Mental Health of Populations of Color: Advancing Our Understanding of Race-related Stressors

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This article provides an overview of research on race-related stressors that can affect the mental health of socially disadvantaged racial and ethnic populations. It begins by reviewing the research on self-reported discrimination and mental health. Although discrimination is the most studied aspect of racism, racism can also affect mental health through structural/institutional mechanisms and racism that is deeply embedded in the larger culture. Key priorities for research include more systematic attention to stress-proliferation processes due to institutional racism, the assessment of stressful experiences linked to natural or manmade environmental crises, documenting and understanding the health effects of hostility against immigrants and people of color, cataloguing and quantifying protective resources, and enhancing our understanding of the complex association between physical and mental health.

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Suicide in Racial and Ethnic Minority Adults: A Review of the Last Decade

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Black Americans report greater resilience to suicide unless its interpersonally motivated and are more accepting of others right to die

Black Americans report greater resilience to suicide unless its interpersonally motivated and are more accepting of others right to die

When Non-Suicidal Self-Injury Predicts Non-Suicidal Self-Injury and Poor Sleep—Results from a Larger Cross-Sectional and Quasi-Longitudinal Study

Stress and the Mental Health of Populations of Color: Advancing Our Understanding of Race-related Stressors

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