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MIGRATION AND SUICIDE
Author(s) -
Whitlock F. A.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1971.tb92586.x
Subject(s) - acculturation , immigration , demography , suicide prevention , population , suicide rates , mental health , injury prevention , poison control , occupational safety and health , medicine , geography , environmental health , sociology , psychiatry , archaeology , pathology
In keeping with studies conducted elsewhere, suicide rates among Immigrants to Australia are substantially higher than those prevailing in their countries of origin and among the Australian‐born population. However, not all racial groups show this tendency, which is most pronounced among Immigrants from Great Britain, Ireland and New Zealand. Southern European immigrants, in contrast, show rates lower than those existing in Australia. The suicide rates are analysed according to age, sex and method of suicide used. The causes of these different findings are discussed In terms of the mental health of immigrants, both before and after arrival in Australia, the influence of drinking habits and the degree of acculturation and social support experienced by the different racial groups.