A CROSS-CULTURAL-COMPARISON OF BEHAVIOR DISTURBANCE AND SUICIDAL-BEHAVIOR AMONG PSYCHIATRICALLY HOSPITALIZED ADOLESCENTS IN ISRAEL AND THE UNITED-STATES
Y. Cohen et al., A CROSS-CULTURAL-COMPARISON OF BEHAVIOR DISTURBANCE AND SUICIDAL-BEHAVIOR AMONG PSYCHIATRICALLY HOSPITALIZED ADOLESCENTS IN ISRAEL AND THE UNITED-STATES, Child psychiatry and human development, 28(2), 1997, pp. 89-102
American adolescent psychiatric patients had significantly higher leve
ls of suicidal behavior (49% vs. 19%) and a higher percentage of depre
ssion diagnoses (78% vs. 24%) than Israeli psychiatric inpatients. Aft
er controlling for the diagnosis of depression, American male patients
obtained significantly higher scores on the Obsessive-Compulsive, Agg
ression, and Hyperactive subscales of the Child Behavior Checklist (CB
CL) than the Israeli males. American females scored higher on the Depr
ession subscale than Israeli females. Differences may be attributed to
less tolerance or differing perceptions of deviant behavior in Americ
a, clinical practice, and/or the CBCL's greater applicability to Ameri
can inpatient samples.