Health workers' views of help seeking and suicide among Aboriginal people in rural Victoria

AN Isaacs, K Sutton, S Hearn… - Australian journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Objective To explore Aboriginal health workers' views about help seeking and
suicide. Design One‐to‐one semi‐structured interviews were conducted with participants …

The Aboriginal suicide and self-harm help-seeking quandary

T Farrelly - Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, 2008 - search.informit.org
This article highlights the rate of suicides taking place in aboriginal communities. To date
there has been relatively little research conducted on Australian Aboriginal suicide and self …

Aboriginal Mental Health Awareness: An Overview-Part Seven Death, Loss, Dying & Grieving

E Hunter - Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, 1993 - search.informit.org
Death, loss, dying and grieving between the Aboriginal and Islander Australia vary because
of different cultures of the indigenous peoples, and different histories of those groups since …

Clusters of Suicide...: The Need for a Comprehensive Postvention Response to Sorrow in Indigenous Communities in the Northern Territory

L Hanssens - Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, 2008 - search.informit.org
This discussion paper acknowledges the dearth of information relating to bereavement
support training and models of postvention suitable for those supporting bereaved …

[HTML][HTML] Factors associated with thoughts of self-harm or suicide among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people presenting to urban primary care: an analysis of …

NA Pandeya, PJ Schluter, GK Spurling… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Suicide amongst Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people is a major cause of premature
mortality and a significant contributor to the health and life expectancy gap. This study aimed …

Connecting with social and emotional well‐being in rural Australia: An evaluation of 'We‐Yarn', an Aboriginal gatekeeper suicide prevention workshop

K Davies, DMY Read, A Booth, N Turner… - Australian journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Objective This evaluation considered the potential of We‐Yarn, a suicide prevention
gatekeeper training workshop, to contribute to Aboriginal suicide prevention in rural New …

Parasuicide, self‐harm and suicide in Aboriginal people in rural Australia: A review of the literature with implications for mental health nursing practice

NG Procter - International Journal of Nursing Practice, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
With reports of increased rates of suicide and parasuicide among Aboriginal people
worldwide, the dual purpose of this background paper is to examine the literature on …

An overview of Australian Aboriginal suicide: Part two

T Elliott-Farrelly - Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, 2005 - search.informit.org
The NACYSP (1998) has trialled a range of Aboriginal suicide prevention approaches,
including community development and education programs, activity programs, and the …

[HTML][HTML] The ripple effect, silence and powerlessness: Hidden barriers to discussing suicide in Australian Aboriginal communities

TR Heard, K McGill, J Skehan, B Rose - BMC psychology, 2022 - Springer
Background Suicide is one of the leading causes of death for Aboriginal Australians. There
is an urgent need to actively engage with Aboriginal communities to better understand these …

'I'm going to kill myself if you don't…': contextual aspects of suicide in Australian Aboriginal communities

J Tighe, K McKay, M Maple - … Journal of Culture and Mental Health, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Aboriginal suicidal behaviours in remote Australia present as very different phenomena to
suicidal behaviours in mainstream Australian society. Multiple suicide threats and …