Document Type
Article
Publication Date
8-15-2006
Volume
10
Journal
Archives of Suicide Research
Issue
2
First Page
141
Last Page
157
URL with Digital Object Identifier
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13811110600556889
Abstract
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander suicide has been an issue of national public health and mental health concern for only one decade, having increased dramatically from levels that were very low in the late 1980s to levels of young adult male suicide that are now substantially higher than for the non-indigenous population. In this review the authors socially and historically contextualize these changes, identifying the causal frameworks adopted in developing interventions, and present an explanation in narrative and pictorial form that draws on critical family-centered trauma.
