Position Statement: Suicide Prevention and Capacity Building in Australian Indigenous Communities

This document presents the position of Suicide Prevention Australia on suicide prevention in indigenous communities. In this statement, Suicide Prevention Australia acknowledges, supports, advocates, & seeks reform on the following: a multidisciplinary approach to indigenous suicide prevention; an indigenous suicidology; community capacity for caregiving; grief & postvention; & closing the gap between past & present policies affecting indigenous communities. The document concludes with a number of recommendations & a discussion of Suicide Prevention Australia’s contributions to suicide prevention in indigenous communities. (18 refs.)