%0 Journal Article
%T A binational school survey of depressive symptoms, drug use, and suicidal ideation
%J Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
%D 1992
%A Swanson, Jeffrey W.
%A Linskey, A. O.
%A Quintero-Salinas, R.
%A Pumariega, A. J.
%A Holzer, C. E.
%V 31
%N 4
%P 669-678
%X New findings are presented from a survey of depressive symptoms, illicit drug use, and suicidality among 4,157 adolescents attending school in six border cities in Texas and neighboring Tamaulipas, Mexico. Among the Texas youth, 48.08% scored above 16 on the Center for Epidemiologic Studies' Depression Scale (CES-D); 21% reported illicit drug use in the past month; and 23.43% said they had thought about killing themselves during the past week. Rates were lower among the Mexican youth: 39.41% had high CES-D scores; 4.95% reported drug use and 11.57% reported current suicidal ideation. Multivariate models are presented to show the linkage between psychological distress, drug use, and suicidality in this sample of border youth.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
%G en
%I Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
%@ 0890-8567
%U http://dx.doi.org/