(CDC) estimates that one out of every seven Latina teens has attempted suicide

[The Straight Story]

Uncovering Latina suicides
What is driving high suicide rates amongst Latina teenagers?

The US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) estimates that one out of every seven Latina teens has attempted suicide. It also says significantly more Hispanic females in high school reported attempting suicide compared to girls of other ethnicities.

Researchers point to a number of factors that account for higher rates of suicide attempts and acts of suicide among Latina teenagers. One study co-authored by a leading researcher on the subject, Luis H. Zayas, found that a strained relationship between girls and their mothers was often an issue. Conversely, Zayas also found that girls who have healthier relationships with their mothers are less prone to depression:

We also found that girls who reported having more mutuality with their mothers had less internalizing behaviors, specifically less withdrawn-depressive behaviors, anxious-depressive behaviors, and somatic complaints. We also found that the withdrawn-depressive behaviors were significantly related to suicide attempts, mediating the relationship between mutuality and suicide attempts.

Others point to a significant amount of pressure girls face at home with their Spanish-speaking parents.

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[DollarBillHines]

1. We see this here

We are involved in our local school district's campus gardens project. I see many troubled 'Chicas'. They are terribly conflicted, living with Mexican parents and their culture and trying to assimilate to - and being accepted into - the California thing.

I totally get the daughter/mother correlation.