OBJECTIVES: The study sought to determine: (i) the prevalence rates of @entity458 and suicidal ideation among 15-24-year-old @entity1 presenting to general practice; and (ii) the relationship between @entity1 ' presenting complaints and their levels of @entity458 and suicidal ideation. METHOD: This was a pilot study designed to sample @entity1 aged 15-24 years presenting consecutively to general practitioners during a 4-week period. The study was set among five general practices in the western suburbs of Perth, Western Australia. @entity1 included five general practitioners and 69 @entity1 aged 15-24 years. Main outcome measures were the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12), the Centre for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) and the Depressive Symptom Inventory-Suicidality Subscale (DSI-SS). RESULTS: One-third of @entity1 scored above the cut-off of the GHQ-12, 31.9% above the cut-off of the CES-D and 20.3% above the cut-off of the DSI-SS. The majority of @entity1 (87.5%) presented with medical complaints. Of these, 26.8%, 23.2% and 21.4% scored above the cut-offs of the GHQ-12, CES-D and DSI-SS, respectively. @entity1 presenting with @entity458 (12.5%) were significantly more likely to score above the cut-off of the CES-D. CONCLUSIONS: In this pilot study, @entity1 aged 15-24 presenting to five general practices had relatively high levels of @entity458 and suicidal ideation. Of most concern were those presenting with medical complaints and who also had high levels of unreported @entity458 .

XXXX and suicidal ideation among 15-24-year-olds presenting to general practice: a pilot study.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['Patients', 'patients', 'Participants'] @entity458 :: ('MESH:D020018', 'Disease') :: ['psychological distress', 'psychological complaints']
@entity458 :: (MESH:D020018,Disease) :: ['Psychological distress']
