TABLE 1.
Prevalence of psychosocial issue tags among suicidal texters, by frequency/conversation subsamplea
| Overall Sample | 1-Time Callers | 2-Time Callers | 2-Time Callers | 3+ Time Callers | 3+ Time Callers | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N=153,514 | N=92,304 | N=15,999 | N=15,999 | N=14,606 | N=14,606 | |||||||
| Single Conv. | 1st Conv. | 2nd Conv. | 1st Conv. | 2nd Conv. | ||||||||
| N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | |
| Psychological Concerns | ||||||||||||
| Depression | 64,323 | 41.9% | 38948 | 42.2% | 7198 | 45.0% | 6031 | 37.7% | 6968 | 47.7% | 5178 | 35.5% |
| Self-Harm | 25,367 | 16.5% | 13124 | 14.2% | 3244 | 20.3% | 2577 | 16.1% | 3752 | 25.7% | 2670 | 18.3% |
| Anxiety | 24,238 | 15.8% | 15016 | 16.3% | 2672 | 16.7% | 2134 | 13.3% | 2617 | 17.9% | 1799 | 12.3% |
| Mental | 10,080 | 6.6% | 5977 | 6.5% | 1113 | 7.0% | 1014 | 6.3% | 1031 | 7.1% | 945 | 6.5% |
| Stress | 24,970 | 16.3% | 15656 | 17.0% | 2740 | 17.1% | 2113 | 13.2% | 2783 | 19.1% | 1678 | 11.5% |
| Eating Disorder | 3,815 | 2.5% | 2078 | 2.3% | 447 | 2.8% | 369 | 2.3% | 533 | 3.6% | 388 | 2.7% |
| Substance Abuse | 4,458 | 2.9% | 2930 | 3.2% | 430 | 2.7% | 396 | 2.5% | 343 | 2.3% | 359 | 2.5% |
| Relational Concerns | ||||||||||||
| Family | 38,425 | 25.0% | 24460 | 26.5% | 4082 | 25.5% | 3499 | 21.9% | 3579 | 24.5% | 2805 | 19.2% |
| Friends | 15,949 | 10.4% | 9578 | 10.4% | 1798 | 11.2% | 1565 | 9.8% | 1694 | 11.6% | 1314 | 9.0% |
| Relationships | 25,097 | 16.3% | 16700 | 18.1% | 2532 | 15.8% | 2319 | 14.5% | 1901 | 13.0% | 1645 | 11.3% |
| Bereavement | 4,528 | 2.9% | 2968 | 3.2% | 450 | 2.8% | 371 | 2.3% | 449 | 3.1% | 290 | 2.0% |
| Isolated | 20,166 | 13.1% | 12222 | 13.2% | 2271 | 14.2% | 1901 | 11.9% | 2181 | 14.9% | 1591 | 10.9% |
| Bullying | 6,111 | 4.0% | 3401 | 3.7% | 844 | 5.3% | 613 | 3.8% | 804 | 5.5% | 449 | 3.1% |
| LGBTQ | 4,101 | 2.7% | 2247 | 2.4% | 536 | 3.4% | 379 | 2.4% | 587 | 4.0% | 352 | 2.4% |
| Abuse | ||||||||||||
| Physical | 2,109 | 1.4% | 1221 | 1.3% | 266 | 1.7% | 158 | 1.0% | 332 | 2.3% | 132 | 0.9% |
| Sexual | 4,188 | 2.7% | 2371 | 2.6% | 450 | 2.8% | 402 | 2.5% | 573 | 3.9% | 392 | 2.7% |
| Emotional | 2,733 | 1.8% | 1782 | 1.9% | 260 | 1.6% | 272 | 1.7% | 189 | 1.3% | 230 | 1.6% |
| Domestic | ||||||||||||
| Violence | 637 | 0.4% | 448 | 0.5% | 48 | 0.3% | 57 | 0.4% | 44 | 0.3% | 40 | 0.3% |
| Sexual Assault | 977 | 0.6% | 576 | 0.6% | 88 | 0.6% | 99 | 0.6% | 71 | 0.5% | 143 | 1.0% |
| Environmental Concerns | ||||||||||||
| Medical | 4,333 | 2.8% | 2787 | 3.0% | 426 | 2.7% | 371 | 2.3% | 424 | 2.9% | 325 | 2.2% |
| Financial | 4,317 | 2.8% | 3047 | 3.3% | 382 | 2.4% | 337 | 2.1% | 287 | 2.0% | 264 | 1.8% |
| Work | 4,027 | 2.6% | 2760 | 3.0% | 364 | 2.3% | 342 | 2.1% | 272 | 1.9% | 289 | 2.0% |
| Testing | 90 | 0.1% | 80 | 0.1% | 5 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.0% | 3 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.0% |
| School | 6,925 | 4.5% | 4123 | 4.5% | 827 | 5.2% | 685 | 4.3% | 687 | 4.7% | 603 | 4.1% |
| Military | 323 | 0.2% | 239 | 0.3% | 22 | 0.1% | 26 | 0.2% | 15 | 0.1% | 21 | 0.1% |
| Homeless | 1,165 | 0.8% | 827 | 0.9% | 79 | 0.5% | 114 | 0.7% | 67 | 0.5% | 78 | 0.5% |
| Homicide | 198 | 0.1% | 111 | 0.1% | 12 | 0.1% | 29 | 0.2% | 16 | 0.1% | 30 | 0.2% |
| Election | 390 | 0.3% | 282 | 0.3% | 32 | 0.2% | 38 | 0.2% | 22 | 0.2% | 16 | 0.1% |
a
Data were from n=153,514 messages to Crisis Text Line 2013–2017 (n=122,909 individuals); Conv.=conversation