Suicide in circumpolar regions: an introduction and overview

Young, T. Kue; Revich, Boris; Soininen, Leena

doi:10.3402/ijch.v74.27349

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“…Suicide rates in Nunavut are about 10 times the national average, with young males at particular risk. 8 The average age of the 120 people in this study who died by suicide was 23.4 years, in contrast to Canada as a whole, where suicide tends to be most prevalent in the 45 to 55-year age group. 4 The study reveals that completed suicide is associated with higher rates of MDD, alcohol dependence, and cannabis dependence, in the 6 months prior to the act of suicide, and these individuals were more likely to meet criteria for a cluster B personality disorder, and to have increased impulsivity and aggression.…”

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A National Suicide Prevention Strategy for Canadians—From Research to Policy and Practice

Crawford

2015

Can J Psychiatry

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T he 4 articles in this issue, by Bennett et al, 1 Langille et al, 2 Chachamovich et al, 3 and Chartrand et al, 4 draw attention to the significant public health problem of suicide, and suicidal behaviour, in the Canadian context. In 2011, 3728 people in Canada died by suicide-about 10 people per day.5 The rate of death by suicide, nation-wide, was 10.8 per 100 000 population, 6 and suicide was the second leading cause of death for youth under 24 years. 7 Each of the 4 studies in this issue highlights areas for further attention or intervention, areas that could be systematically addressed and prioritized in a suicide prevention strategy; and yet Canada is one of the few countries in the industrialized world that does not have a national strategy for suicide prevention.The systematic review of reviews of suicide prevention strategies relevant to youth, by Bennett and her large cross-national team of researchers, 1 most explicitly calls for a national approach, including a national research-to-practice network to facilitate the incorporation of evidence into policy and practice. Overall, they comment on the limited randomized control trials that address youth suicide prevention. They focus their review on 2 areas: school-based prevention programs; and the prevention of repeat suicide attempts. Their review results in 6 consensus-based recommendations, which encourage decision makers to adopt both school-oriented strategies (including suicide awareness curriculum, skills training, and gatekeeper training, and screening as a targeted prevention measure) and strategies that enhance the skills of trained professionals in health care settings where youth seek care. Bennett et al 1 point to the lack of gender-and (or) sex-based analysis in intervention studies, and the lack of studies that address suicide prevention among First Nations, Inuit, and Métis youth.Adding to the literature on the importance of the school setting for youth, Langille et al 2 examine the protective nature of school connectedness in high school on suicidal ideation, in both males and females, and on suicide attempts in females. The protective effect of school connectedness on suicide attempt was not significant for males when depression was added as a variable in the model of suicide attempt, despite similar levels in ratings of school connectedness for males and females. School connectedness was measured using a rating scale that asked students to rate the degree to which they feel close to people in school; are happy to be in school; and, feel safe in their school. Future inquiry into other dimensions of how students experience connectedness in school, including their cognitions, and behavioural indices, such as attendance and extracurricular participation, may further explicate these associations, and gender differences. Nevertheless, their study makes a strong case that "increasing school connectedness should be considered as a universal adolescent mental health strategy,"2, p 258 and underlines the importance of interpersonal and ecological...

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A National Suicide Prevention Strategy for Canadians—From Research to Policy and Practice

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2015

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“…Over 50% av dem som tar livet sitt var i kontakt med allmennlege for psykiske plager siste år, kvinner i noe større grad enn menn. Forskning tyder på at forekomsten av selvmord er høyere blant samiske menn enn i majoritetsbefolkningen, men ikke blant samiske kvinner (6). Vi har i dag ingen oversikt over selvmord blant innvandrere i Norge, og man vet ikke om innvandrere har samme selvmordsrisiko som befolkning forøvrig.…”

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2019

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“…Hassler and Sjölander (2005) reviewed health-related research on Indigenous peoples over a 30-year period, pointing to a growing interest due to lifestylerelated ill health resulting from encounters with mainstream cultures. While they point to discrepancies between the health of the majority and Indigenous populations, respectively, they note that these appear not as pronounced in relation to the Sámi, with the exception of an increased suicide rate, a phenomenon notably difficult to research (Young, Revich, & Soininen, 2015). One possible explanation for the lack of research on death-related issues among the Sámi may be understood in relation to Dagsvold's (2006) description of it as a 'silent culture', relying on indirect language or silence in communication about lifethreatening disease.…”

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The past is present: Death systems among the Indigenous Sámi in Northern Scandinavia today

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Despite growing interest in Indigenous health, the lack of end-of-life (EOL) research about the Sámi people led us to explore experiencebased knowledge about EoL issues among the Sámi. We aim here to describe Sámi death systems and the extent to which Kastenbaum's conceptualisation of death systems is appropriate to Sámi culture. Transcribed conversational interviews with 15 individuals, chosen for their varied experiences with EoL issues among Sámi, were first inductively analysed. Kastenbaum's model of death systems, with functions along a time trajectory from prevention to social consolidation after death, and the components of people, times, places, and symbols/ objects, was applied thereafter in an effort to understand the data. The model provides a framework for understanding aspects of the death system that were Sámi-specific, Sámi-relevant as well as what has changed over time. Whereas Kastenbaum differentiated among the components of the death system, our analysis indicated these were often so interrelated as to be nearly inseparable among the Sámi. Seasonal changes and relationships to nature instead of calendar time dominated death systems, linking people, places and times. The extended family's role in enculturation across generations and EoL support was salient. Numerous markers of Sámi culture, both deathspecific and those recruited into the death system, strengthened community identity in the EoL.

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Suicide in circumpolar regions: an introduction and overview

Cited by 46 publications

References 14 publications

A National Suicide Prevention Strategy for Canadians—From Research to Policy and Practice

A National Suicide Prevention Strategy for Canadians—From Research to Policy and Practice

Hyppig bruk av sosiale medier kan gi ungdom psykiske utfordringer

The past is present: Death systems among the Indigenous Sámi in Northern Scandinavia today

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