Open AccessSuicide Attempts Among American Indian and Alaska Native Youth
Author(s) -
Iris Wagman Borowsky,
Michael D. Resnick,
Marjorie Ireland,
Robert W. Blum
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
archives of pediatrics and adolescent medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3628
pISSN - 1072-4710
DOI - 10.1001/archpedi.153.6.573
Subject(s) - suicide prevention , medicine , poison control , ethnic group , injury prevention , suicide attempt , demography , occupational safety and health , psychology , psychiatry , environmental health , pathology , sociology , anthropology
American Indians and Alaska Natives have the highest suicide rates of all ethnic groups in the United States, and suicide is the second leading cause of death for American Indian and Alaska Native youth.