Covariate Health Determinants of Suicidal Ideation, Suicide Plans, and Suicide Attempts Among African American Males With and Without Major Depressive Episode

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Areen Omary ◽  
Uganda Richardson ◽  
Tameka Chambers
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Areen Omary

Objectives. To examine if major depressive episodes can predict risk chances for suicidal ideation, suicide plans, and suicide attempts among African American males while adjusting for covariates of age, education, and income. Methods. Data from the 2018 National Survey on Drug Use and Health were extracted and analyzed. We found data for 2,301 adult African American men with and without major depressive episodes, representing a population size of 13,210,069.53 in the United States. Results. African American men with major depressive episodes were at higher risk for suicidal ideation and suicide planning than their counterparts without a major depressive episode. However, the two groups with and without major depressive episodes had equal risk chances for suicide attempts. Conclusions. A closer examination of suicide covariate variables among African American men with and without a major depressive episode furnishes critical distinctions between the two populations. This can facilitate more responsive, tailored suicide prevention strategies for the male African American population, especially among the at-risk male adults in this group with major depressive episodes.


2010 ◽  
Vol 120 (1-3) ◽  
pp. 226-230 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emilie Olié ◽  
Sébastien Guillaume ◽  
Isabelle Jaussent ◽  
Philippe Courtet ◽  
Fabrice Jollant

2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (S2) ◽  
pp. 1641-1641
Author(s):  
J. Rochette ◽  
P. Polo ◽  
M. Pacaut-Troncin ◽  
P.J.-L. Terra

During a major depressive episode, suicidal risks are increased and the possibility of request of help and treatment is conditionedby the way the subject structured its attachment in the childhood. We present a study which concerns the detailed examination, during 6 months, mental states of 40 patients presenting a major depressive episode and frequenting a Medical psychological Center connected with a Psychiatric hospital. The collection of the data is made with tools stemming from various fields (DSM4, theory of the attachment, the psychoanalytical psychology)“.The population is divided to three Camire profiles (Pierre Humbert et al, 1996) (Secure, Preoccupied, Avoidant). We chose 3 markers which can inform us about the evolution of the crisis according to the profile of attachment :1-Intensity of the suicidal idéation « SSI » (Beck et all.1979)2-therapeutic Alliance “WAI” Horvath et Greenberg, 1989)3-Intensité of the depression. (Hamilton HAMD-21)HypothesisThe attachment says “sécure” facilitate better scores in these 3 markers.Results1)The regulations emotional Secure does not protect against strong suicidal ideation in patients suffering from major depressive disorder. Freud's theory of trauma in this direction by assuming a tolerable threshold above which any topic is disorganized. (p-value = 0,05)2)The strategies of emotional regulation parts protect against suicidal thoughts while concerned about emotional regulation strategies to expose depressed suicidal subjects. (p-value = 0,09)3)According to the literature, we find a better alliance with secure attachment. (except at the beginning of care) (p-value = 0,06 at period T3 and p-value = 0,08 at period T6)


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