A CROSS-CULTURAL-COMPARISON OF BEHAVIOR DISTURBANCE AND SUICIDAL-BEHAVIOR AMONG PSYCHIATRICALLY HOSPITALIZED ADOLESCENTS IN ISRAEL AND THE UNITED-STATES

Citation
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
Citations number
35
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry,"Psychology, Developmental",Pediatrics,Psychiatry
ISSN journal
0009398X
Volume
28
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
89 - 102
Database
ISI
SICI code
0009-398X(1997)28:2<89:ACOBDA>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
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.