Chapter
Suicide and Self-Destructive Behavior in the Oglala Sioux: Some Clinical Aspects and Community Approaches (IN: Suicide Among the American Indians: Two Workshops, ed. by L H Dizmang and D D Swenson)
Mindell C~~Stuart P
This paper discusses the experiences of the authors with suicide on the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota. Some clinical findings & statistics for 1966-67 are reported. New areas of investigation & new approaches aimed at getting more community involvement in dealing with the problem of suicidal patients in a predominantly rural area are reviewed. (14 refs.)