Australian resources

  • Title:

    Aboriginal suicide is different: A portrait of life and self-destruction

  • Abstract/Synopsis:

    A historical and anthropological approach to examining the relatively recent phenomenon of suicide by young Aboriginal people, a tragedy which occurs more outside than inside custody. It proposes that Aboriginal youth at risk are suffering more from social than from mental disorder and tries to glimpse the soul of the person rather than merely his or her contribution to our national statistics (A.S.P. website).
  • Author:

    Tatz, C.

  • Publisher:

    Aboriginal Studies Press, Canberra

  • Year Published:

    2005

  • Format:

    Book

  • Size:

    191 pages

  • Price:

    Payment required

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  • Categories:

    • Australian research and statistics
    • Indigenous
    • Youth
  • Keywords:

    Australia, Indigenous, youth, Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander, young people

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LIFE Framework
The LIFE Framework is Australia’s national resource to prevent suicide and self-harm, and the centrepiece of the National Suicide Prevention Strategy.