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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jan 9.
Published in final edited form as: JAMA Psychiatry. 2013 Mar;70(3):10.1001/2013.jamapsychiatry.55. doi: 10.1001/2013.jamapsychiatry.55

Table 6.

Lifetime treatment among respondents with lifetime suicidality1

In the total sample
Among lifetime ideators
Ideation Plan Attempt Planned attempt2 Unplanned attempt
% (SE) % (SE) % (SE) % (SE) % (SE)


I. Percent of lifetime cases that received any lifetime treatment
 Mental health specialty 66.4 (2.6) 72.7 (4.5) 82.1 (4.3) 79.4 (5.4) 86.2 (5.5)
 General med 25.8 (2.5) 34.0 (5.3) 37.0 (4.4) 41.1 (8.3) 30.9 (9.1)
 Human service 25.3 (2.8) 34.0 (5.0) 32.6 (6.1) 40.2 (6.6) 21.1 (7.4)
 CAM 19.6 (2.3) 25.1 (4.2) 21.9 (4.7) 25.0 (5.3) 17.3 (5.8)
 Juvenile justice 10.2 (2.1) 12.6 (3.7) 16.8 (4.4) 17.7 (5.2) 15.4 (5.9)
 School service 46.4 (2.4) 61.9 (5.1) 57.0 (4.9) 68.0 (6.0) 40.6 (11.7)
 Any treatment 80.2 (1.8) 87.5 (2.8) 94.2 (1.9) 93.6 (3.0) 95.1 (2.1)
II. Percent of lifetime cases that received treatment before onset of suicidality
 Mental health specialty 39.6 (2.7) 43.2 (4.9) 48.4 (4.7) 40.5 (6.8) 60.2 (10.7)
 General med 13.1 (2.1) 20.5 (5.4) 21.0 (4.7) 28.0 (8.0) 10.7 (4.9)
 Human service 12.9 (2.6) 17.1 (5.0) 14.7 (4.3) 17.1 (5.6) 11.0 (4.6)
 CAM 9.2 (1.8) 13.4 (4.3) 12.8 (3.9) 13.4 (5.0) 11.8 (4.5)
 Juvenile justice 1.8 (0.6) 2.0 (1.1) 3.7 (1.5) 2.2 (1.5) 5.9 (3.4)
 School service 30.6 (2.1) 43.3 (5.4) 39.0 (5.3) 45.5 (8.7) 29.2 (8.5)
 Any treatment 55.3 (3.2) 61.7 (4.7) 67.1 (5.7) 63.0 (5.9) 73.2 (7.3)
III. Percent of lifetime cases that first received treatment in the same year as onset of suicidality
 Mental health specialty 12.7 (1.9) 14.8 (3.8) 11.8 (3.5) 12.2 (3.7) 11.2 (5.1)
General med 5.0 (0.9) 7.4 (2.6) 4.9 (1.8) 3.7 (2.2) 6.6 (3.1)
 Human service 5.4 (1.2) 10.1 (3.3) 8.7 (3.0) 12.4 (4.7) 3.1 (2.2)
 CAM 4.5 (1.2) 4.1 (2.5) 3.1 (1.3) 3.3 (1.7) 2.8 (1.7)
 Juvenile justice 2.4 (1.0) 1.3 (0.8) 2.1 (1.0) 1.9 (1.2) 2.4 (1.7)
 School service 5.1 (1.2) 7.7 (2.7) 3.8 (1.4) 2.8 (1.3) 5.4 (2.7)
 Any treatment 13.1 (1.6) 17.7 (4.2) 15.2 (3.7) 18.2 (5.3) 10.8 (3.7)
IV. Percent of lifetime cases that first received treatment after onset of suicidality
 Mental health specialty 14.1 (2.0) 14.7 (5.6) 22.0 (3.9) 26.8 (7.9) 14.8 (5.7)
 General med 7.8 (1.3) 6.0 (2.1) 11.1 (2.6) 9.4 (4.3) 13.6 (5.8)
 Human service 7.0 (1.4) 6.8 (3.1) 9.2 (3.1) 10.7 (4.7) 7.0 (2.7)
 CAM 5.9 (1.0) 7.6 (1.8) 6.0 (1.8) 8.3 (2.7) 2.7 (1.6)
 Juvenile justice 6.0 (1.6) 9.3 (3.3) 11.0 (3.7) 13.6 (5.0) 7.1 (4.4)
 School service 10.8 (2.0) 10.9 (3.3) 14.2 (3.9) 19.7 (5.4) 6.1 (2.6)
 Any treatment 11.9 (2.4) 8.1 (3.2) 11.9 (4.4) 12.4 (5.1) 11.1 (5.0)
  (n)3 (717) (203) (196) (112) (84)
1

The sample was restricted to adolescents with the outcomes defined in the column headings.

2

The sample was restricted to adolescents that had a lifetime plan.

3

Denominator n for each column.