ReviewSSM - population health2022
Meta-analysis of the effect of racial discrimination on suicidality.
Review in SSM - population health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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28 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 41 citations in OpenAlex.
- Social Determinants of Health and Suicide-Related Outcomes: A Review of Meta-Analyses.JAMA psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- Racial Discrimination and Multiple Health Outcomes: An Umbrella Review of Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses.Medical principles and practice : international journal of the Kuwait University, Health Science Centre · 2025Pooled it
- Co-occurrence of racism-based trauma symptoms and depressive symptoms among college students of color.Psychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy · 2026Article
- Differences in Healthcare and Everyday Discrimination among Racial and Ethnic Minority Cancer Survivors in the all of the US Research Program.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026Article
- A Comparison of Post-Traumatic Stress and Depressive Symptoms by Suicidal Ideation Among Black Transgender Women.Research in nursing & health · 2026Article
- Racial discrimination in healthcare and public settings as a predictor of suicidal ideation onset among U.S. Adults with baseline depressive symptoms.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2026Article
- Online Racial/Ethnic Discrimination, Suicidal Ideation, and Alcohol Misuse Among Ethnoracially Minoritized College Students: The Roles of Internalized Racism and Ethnic Identity.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026Article
- Internalized Racism Is Associated With Active Suicidal Desire Through Self-Dehumanization and Perceived Burdensomeness.Suicide & life-threatening behavior · 2026Article
- Short-term PMBMC public health · 2026Article
- The lived experience of persons who attempt suicide: a bottom-up review co-designed, co-produced and co-written by experts by experience and academics.World psychiatry : official journal of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA) · 2026Article
- Effects of Childhood Police Contact on Adolescent Suicidality: A Propensity Score Matched Analysis.Research on child and adolescent psychopathology · 2026Article
- Associations between amygdala connectivity and experienced discrimination in children.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Experiences of ethnic-racial discrimination, self-esteem, and subjective well-being in the Peruvian population.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Classes of Racism and Suicide Risk Among Black Emerging Adults.Social work in public health · 2026Article
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- HLA Class II Alleles and Suicidal Behavior: Evidence from a Case-Control Study.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- Ethnic Variations in Violent Suicidality: A Comparative Study of Israeli Jews and Arabs.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2025Article
- A Multivariate Genomic Investigation of the Externalizing Spectrum and Suicide Risk.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2025Article
- Determinants of Suicidal Ideation Among Immigrant Women With Cumulative Exposures to Violence: The Role of Resilience and Social Support.Journal of aggression, maltreatment & trauma · 2025Article
- Discrimination and Mental Health Among Black and Latino People Living with HIV: Understanding the Role of Religion and Spirituality.AIDS and behavior · 2025Article
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Authors and funding
6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Racial discrimination (RD) is unfair treatment of individuals based on race or ethnicity. It is a pervasive and increasing phenomenon in the lives of many individuals with deleterious effects on mental health. Research implicates RD in diminished well-being, lower life satisfaction and self-esteem, and mental health disorders. Furthermore, there have been reports that minorities and marginalized groups exposed to RD are at a higher risk of suicide. Given that RD negatively impacts mental health and that suicide is a major public health concern, we meta-analytically reviewed the literature to investigate whether RD is associated with suicidal ideation (SI) and suicide attempt (SA). We identified 43 eligible articles investigating the association between RD and suicidality through PubMed, Embase, PsycINFO and Scopus, from which we pooled 39 effect sizes for SI (58,629 individuals) and 15 for SA (30,088 individuals). Results demonstrated that RD has a small but significant effect both on SI (
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