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. 2019 Jul;28(3):497-507.
doi: 10.1016/j.chc.2019.02.015. Epub 2019 Apr 4.

No Indians to Spare: Depression and Suicide in Indigenous American Children and Youth

Richard Livingston  1 , Rebecca Susan Daily  2 , Anthony P S Guerrero  3 , John T Walkup  4 , Douglas K Novins  5
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No Indians to Spare: Depression and Suicide in Indigenous American Children and Youth

Richard Livingston et al. Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am. 2019 Jul.

Abstract

This article summarizes current knowledge and consensus about depression and suicide among the indigenous young people of the United States. American Indians represent more than 500 tribes and also vary among settings-reservations, urban, suburban, and rural-but as a group, remain at high risk for suicide and possibly for depressive syndromes. Particular risk factors and correlates, as well as approaches to treatment, are discussed.

Keywords: Adolescent; Alaska native; American Indian; Child psychiatry; Depression; Indigenous child; Native hawaiian; Suicide.

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