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Suicide in Canadian Aboriginal Populations: Emerging Trends in Research and Intervention Report No.1
Kirmayer L J~~Hayton B~~et al
This report begins by providing definitions of technical terminology & comments on the integration of social & psychiatric perspectives in models of suicide. Section 2 addresses demographic data & descriptive epidemiological statistics on suicide in North America. Section 3 summarizes research on risk & protective factors for suicide. Section 4 summarizes what is known about the efficacy of interventions for suicide prevention. The conclusion sketches a sociocultural perspective on suicide.