TABLE 2.
Students at Risk for Suicide Identified by School Professionals and Through Screening, by Diagnosis or Type of Mental Health Problem: New York Metropolitan Area
| Diagnostic Status | Not Identified, No. (%) | Identified Both by School Professionals and Through Screening, No. (%) | Identified by School Professionals Only, No. (%) | Identified Through Screening Only, No. (%) |
| Any recent suicidal ideation (past 3 months) or history of suicide attempt (n = 184) | 5 (8.0)* | 85 (42.9)* | 5 (8.9) | 89 (40.2)* |
| History of suicide attempt (n = 79) | 3 (6.1) | 39 (46.9)* | 2 (10.2) | 35 (36.7)* |
| Attempt in past 6 moa (n = 19) | 0 (0.0) | 13 (66.7) | 0 (0) | 6 (33.3) |
| Suicidal ideation in past 6 mo without history of suicide attempt (n = 105) | 2 (9.5) | 46 (39.1)* | 3 (7.9) | 54 (42.9)* |
| Mood disorderb (n = 88) | 5 (13.6) | 48 (44.1)* | 3 (13.6) | 32 (28.8)* |
| Mood disorder only (n = 34) | 3 (28.0) | 17 (36.0) | 1 (12.0) | 13 (28.0) |
| Anxiety disorderb (n = 97) | 11 (18.6) | 41 (37.3)* | 6 (8.5) | 39 (35.6)* |
| Anxiety disorder only (n = 44) | 9 (34.5) | 13 (20.7) | 5 (13.8) | 17 (31.0) |
| Mood or anxiety disorderb without substance disorder (n = 116) | 14 (22.7) | 49 (36.0)* | 7 (9.3) | 46 (32.0)* |
| Substance use disorderb (n = 38) | 2 (18.5) | 26 (48.1)* | 2 (3.8) | 8 (15.7) |
| Substance use disorder onlya (n = 16) | 1 (0.0) | 11 (71.4) | 1 (0) | 3 (14.3) |
| Any of above disordersb (n = 155) | 16 (21.6) | 75 (38.2)* | 9 (11.8) | 55 (28.4)* |
| More than 1 disorderb (n = 60) | 2 (2.7)* | 34 (51.4) | 2 (13.5) | 22 (32.4) |
| Suicidal ideation or history of suicide attempt in combination with current mood, anxiety, or substance use disorderab (n = 85) | 0 (0.0) | 53 (63.0) | 1 (0) | 31 (37.0) |
| Suicidal ideation or history of suicide attempt or current mood, anxiety, or substance use disorderb (n = 254) | 21 (18.3) | 107 (34.9)* | 13 (13.0) | 113 (34.3)* |
| None of the above (n = 385) | 184 (61.3)* | 50 (5.5)* | 67 (24.0) | 84 (9.1)* |
Note. All analyses involving the diagnostic interview were weighted to represent the original 1729 screened students. Statistical tests compared identification by school staff only with identification through screening only, identification both by school professionals and through screening, and identification neither by school professionals nor through screening. Unweighted frequencies are shown, with weighted percentages in parentheses.
a
Not tested statistically because the reference group had zero cases.
b
“Disorder” requires impairment.
*P ≤ .001.