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Prevalence, Correlates, and Treatment of Lifetime Suicidal Behavior Among Adolescents: Results From the National Comorbidity Survey Replication Adolescent Supplement
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CONTEXT: Although suicide is the third leading cause of death among US adolescents, little is known about the prevalence, correlates, or treatment of its immediate precursors, adolescent suicidal behaviors (ie, suicide ideation, plans, and attempts). OBJECTIVES: To estimate the lifetime prevalence of suicidal behaviors among US adolescents and the associations of retrospectively reported, temporally primary DSM-IV disorders with the subsequent onset of suicidal behaviors. DESIGN: Dual-frame national sample of adolescents from the National Comorbidity Survey Replication Adolescent Supplement. SETTING: Face-to-face household interviews with adolescents and questionnaires for parents. PARTICIPANTS: A total of 6483 adolescents 13 to 18 years of age and their parents. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Lifetime suicide ideation, plans, and attempts. RESULTS: The estimated lifetime prevalences of suicide ideation, plans, and attempts among the respondents are 12.1%, 4.0%, and 4.1%, respectively. The vast majority of adolescents with these behaviors meet lifetime criteria for at least one DSM-IV mental disorder assessed in the survey. Most temporally primary (based on retrospective age-of-onset reports) fear/anger, distress, disruptive behavior, and substance disorders significantly predict elevated odds of subsequent suicidal behaviors in bivariate models. The most consistently significant associations of these disorders are with suicide ideation, although a number of disorders are also predictors of plans and both planned and unplanned attempts among ideators. Most suicidal adolescents (>80%) receive some form of mental health treatment. In most cases (>55%), treatment starts prior to onset of suicidal behaviors but fails to prevent these behaviors from occurring. CONCLUSIONS: Suicidal behaviors are common among US adolescents, with rates that approach those of adults. The vast majority of youth with suicidal behaviors have preexisting mental disorders. The disorders most powerfully predicting ideation, though, are different from those most powerfully predicting conditional transitions from ideation to plans and attempts. These differences suggest that distinct prediction and prevention strategies are needed for ideation, plans among ideators, planned attempts, and unplanned attempts.
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“As reviewed above, few developmentally based theories have been offered to help explain why suicidal ideation and behaviors increase in prevalence at the adolescent transition (Nock et al. 2013).”
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“the worldwide trend for suicidal ideation and behavior to increase dramatically in prevalence at the adolescent transition (Nock et al. 2013)”
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“Several large epidemiological and meta-analytical studies provide empirical support for this framework and have found that many well established risk factors for suicide (such as depression, impulsivity, and hopelessness) do not meaningfully differentiate individuals with suicidal thoughts from those who have made an attempt.1, 5, 6, 7”
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“Nonfatal suicidal behaviour is among the most robust predictors of future suicidal behaviour and suicide death.”
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“In the National Comorbidity Replication Sample Adolescents study (n=6483), of the 4% of adolescents who reported suicide attempts, 80% reported receiving some kind of mental health treatment in their lifetime, with 55% having begun treatment before the suicidal behavior.”
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“Interestingly, epidemiological data suggest that the most dramatic increase in the incidence of suicidal ideation and behavior occurs between 12 and 17 years of age. (Nock et al. 2013).”
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“Only a third of adolescents who have suicidal thoughts are estimated to go on to make a suicide attempt.1”
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“Although this report included data from a national sample that is similar to the population of US adolescents on a wide range of sociodemographic/geographic variables, treatment was self-reported and no data were collected on the adequacy of treatment.”
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“prior evidence shows one-third of youth with suicidal ideation will develop a suicide plan, and 60% with a plan will make a suicide attempt [7].”
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“prior evidence shows one-third of youth with suicidal ideation will develop a suicide plan, and 60% with a plan will make a suicide attempt [7].”
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“~40% of people dying by suicide have previously attempted suicide, and long-term follow-up studies have indicated that the risk of suicide amongst people who survived a suicide attempt is 1.6% within 12 months 86 and ~4% at 5 years 87 .”
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“~40% of people dying by suicide have previously attempted suicide, and long-term follow-up studies have indicated that the risk of suicide amongst people who survived a suicide attempt is 1.6% within 12 months 86 and ~4% at 5 years 87 .”
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“A history of suicidal behavior is a leading predictor of future suicide in youth,16,17”
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“Although sex differences in STB and NSSI are well documented (4, 5, 7), there is insufficient evidence showing discrete neural circuitry underlying these effects.”
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“Several correlates and predictors of STBs have been identified, but most are strongly associated with suicide ideation and only weakly related to attempts (Nock et al. 2013; Stewart et al. 2017a; Mortier et al. 2018).”
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“Depression is among the strongest correlates of suicide ideation, and in adolescents, the presence of a unipolar mood disorder increases odds of subsequent suicide ideation by more than 4-fold (Nock et al. 2013).”
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- Authors
- Nock, M. K., Green, J. G., Hwang, I., McLaughlin, K. A., Sampson, N. A., Zaslavsky, A. M., & Kessler, R. C.
- Affiliations
- Harvard University (US)
- Boston University (US)
- ORCID
- Venue
- JAMA Psychiatry
- Publisher
- American Medical Association (AMA)
- Published
- 2013-03-01
- Volume
- 70
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 300
- ISSN
- 2168-622X (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC3886236
- OpenAlex
- W1985163828
- Cited by
- 1,666
- References
- 50
- Citations by year
- 2026: 102 · 2025: 143 · 2024: 144 · 2023: 155 · 2022: 168 · 2021: 173 · 2020: 149 · 2019: 127 · 2018: 114 · 2017: 93 · 2016: 92 · 2015: 87 · 2014: 88 · 2013: 30
- FWCI
- 110.02
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- europepmc.org
- Locations
- JAMA Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard (DASH) (Harvard University) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (R13-MH066849)
- John W. Alden Trust
- Bristol-Myers Squibb
- Eli Lilly and Company
- Pfizer
- AstraZeneca
- GlaxoSmithKline
- Sanofi
- National Institutes of Health (5r13mh066849-04, 5r01mh069864-04, 5r01mh070884-05)
- Pfizer Foundation (R01‐MH069864, R01-DA016558, R13-MH066849, R03-TW006481)
- Pan American Health Organization
- National Institute of Mental Health (R13-MH-066849, R01-MH66627, R01MH066627, R01‐MH070884, R01-DA016558, MH-092526, R01MH077883, K01MH085710, U01-MH-60220, MH60220, MH070884, K01MH092526, U01MH060220, R01‐MH069864)
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (K05DA015799, R01DA016558)
- Fogarty International Center (FIRCA R03TW006481, R03TW006481)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse
- Social Sciences › Health › Gun Ownership and Violence Research
- Keywords
- adolescent suicide, suicidal ideation, suicide planning, suicide attempts, lifetime prevalence, comorbid mental disorders, substance use disorders, disruptive behavior disorders, psychotherapy, suicide prevention
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adolescent Behavior, Mental Disorders, Black or African American, Educational Status, Ethnicity, Female, Hispanic or Latino, Humans, Male, Sex Factors, Suicide, Suicide, Attempted, United States, Prevalence, Age of Onset, White People, Suicidal Ideation
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