An Australian Indigenous community-led suicide intervention skills training program: community consultation findings.

CONCLUSIONS: Appropriate programs should be practical, relevant, and sustainable across all Indigenous communities, with a focus on the social, emotional, cultural and spiritual underpinnings of community wellbeing. Programs need to be developed in thorough consultation with Indigenous communities. Indigenous-led suicide intervention training programs are needed to mitigate the increasing rates of suicide experienced by Indigenous peoples living in rural and remote locations.
PMID: 28610603 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Rural Remote Health - June 13, 2017 Category: Rural Health Authors: Nasir B, Kisely S, Hides L, Ranmuthugala G, Brennan-Olsen S, Nicholson GC, Gill NS, Hayman N, Kondalsamy-Chennakesavan S, Toombs M Tags: BMC Psychiatry Source Type: research