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Suicide and alcohol use among American Indians: toward a transactional-ecological framework
- Authors:
- AGUIRRE Regina T. P., WATTS Thomas D.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Comparative Social Welfare, 26(1), February 2010, pp.3-11.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Noting that American Indian/Native Alaskan suicide rates are 72% higher than in the general US population, and that current estimates indicate that over 90% of people in the US who suicide have a mental illness and/or alcohol and substance issues, this article examines suicide and chronic alcohol use among American Indians/Alaska Natives. It covers the importance of understanding cultural and social traditions, prevalence of American Indian/Alaska Native suicide and alcohol use and mental illness, alcohol and suicide, theories of suicide, the contribution of crisis to a desire for escape through suicide, community traumatic events as a possible antecedent for suicide, hopelessness and understanding suicide among American Indians/Alaska Natives, suicide prevention and intervention strategies with American Indians/Alaska Natives, and the use of a transactional-ecological framework, understanding "person in environment", to guide prevention and intervention efforts.