Citation

Polanco-Roman L, Williams SZ, Ortin-Peralta A. J. Am. Acad. Child Adolesc. Psychiatry 2023; 62(7): 829-830.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2023, American Academy of Child Adolescent Psychiatry, Publisher Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

10.1016/j.jaac.2023.03.006

PMID

37385715

Abstract

In the United States, suicide deaths have disproportionately increased among Black and Hispanic youth over the past 2 decades.(1) Despite the critical need for more culturally responsive suicide prevention strategies, there has been only sparse research into unique risk factors commonly experienced among ethnoracially minoritized youth, such as racism-related experiences. Experiences of racial and ethnic discrimination (ie, a behavioral manifestation of racism via unfair treatment predicated on an individual's racial and/or ethnic group affiliation) have been associated with higher rates of suicidal thoughts and behaviors (STBs) in Black and Hispanic adolescents.(2)(,)(3) This research has largely focused on individual-level racism (ie, interpersonal exchanges) assessed via subjective self-report surveys. Thus, less is known about the impact of structural racism, which is enacted at the system level.

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