%0 Journal Article
%T Adolescent suicidality: who will ideate, who will act?
%J Suicide and life-threatening behavior
%D 2005
%A Taylor, Dexter M.
%A Miller, Ted R.
%V 35
%N 4
%P 425-435
%X Responses to the 1999 Youth Risk Behavior Survey including suicide ideation, attempt, medically treated attempt, and six problem behaviors were analysed. Youth across the spectrum ideated. Overwhelmingly, the 17% of youth with more than three problem behaviors were the youth who acted; they accounted for 60% of medically treated suicidal acts. Compared to adolescents with zero problem behaviors, the odds of a medically treated suicide attempt were 2.3 times greater among respondents with one, 8.8 with two, 18.3 with three, 30.8 with four, 50.0 with five, and 227.3 with six. A count of problem behaviors offers a reliable way to identify suicide risk.
%G 
%I John Wiley and Sons
%@ 0363-0234
%U http://dx.doi.org/