Suicidal behaviour in Indigenous compared to non-Indigenous males in urban and regional Australia: Prevalence data suggest disparities increase across age groups

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2017, Pages 1240-1248

  Armstrong, Gregory ^a   Pirkis, Jane ^a   Arabena, Kerry ^a   Currier, Dianne ^a   Spittal, Matthew J ^a   Jorm, Anthony F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Indigenous; prevalence; suicidal ideation; suicide attempt

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REMOTENESS; SCHOOL CHILD; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER; URBAN AREA; YOUNG ADULT; AUSTRALIA; ETHNOLOGY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDE; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85027988315     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0004867417704059     Document Type: Article

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