Department of Counseling, University of Montana.
National Native Children's Trauma Center, University of Montana.
Am Psychol. 2024 Oct;79(7):970-972. doi: 10.1037/amp0001358.
Molock et al. (2023) offered an excellent scholarly review and critique of suicide assessment tools with youth of color. Although providing useful information, their article neglected essential relational components of suicide assessment, implied that contemporary suicide assessment practices are effective with White youth, and did not acknowledge the racist origins of acculturation. To improve the suicide assessment process, psychologists and other mental health providers should emphasize respect and empathy, show cultural humility, and seek to establish trust before expecting openness and honesty from youth of color. Additionally, the fact that suicide assessment with youth who identify as White is also generally unhelpful, makes emphasizing relationship and development of a working alliance with all youth even more important. Finally, acculturation has racist origins and is a one-directional concept based on prevailing cultural standards; relying on acculturation during assessments with youth of color should be avoided. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).
莫洛克等人（2023 年）对有色人种青年的自杀评估工具进行了出色的学术回顾和批评。尽管提供了有用的信息，但他们的文章忽略了自杀评估的基本关系因素，暗示当代自杀评估实践对白人和年轻人有效，并且没有认识到文化适应的种族主义起源。为了改善自杀评估过程，心理学家和其他心理健康提供者应该强调尊重和同理心，表现出文化谦逊，并在期望有色人种青年的开放和诚实之前努力建立信任。此外，与自认为是白人的年轻人进行自杀评估通常也没有帮助，这使得与所有年轻人建立关系和发展工作联盟变得更加重要。最后，文化适应具有种族主义起源，是一个基于主流文化标准的单向概念；在评估有色人种青年时应避免依赖文化适应。（PsycInfo 数据库记录（c）2024 APA，保留所有权利）。
