TY - JOUR PY - 2007// TI - The escalating incidence of suicide among African Americans: Implications for counselors JO - Journal of counseling and development A1 - Day-Vines, N.L. SP - 370 EP - 377 VL - 85 IS - 3 N2 - Suicide rates have soared among African Americans within the past 2 decades. Curiously, this fact remains poorly understood within and outside the African American community. This article includes a review of M. Compton, N. Thompson, and N. Kaslow's (2005) study, recently published in Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, and identifies important implications for counseling professionals. © 2007 by the American Counseling Association. All rights reserved.
Language: en
LA - en SN - 0748-9633 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/j.1556-6678.2007.tb00486.x ID - ref1 ER -