@article{ref1,
title="Rising Indigenous suicide rates in Kimberley and implications for suicide prevention",
journal="Australasian psychiatry",
year="2016",
author="Campbell, Anita and Chapman, Murray and McHugh, Cate and Sng, Adelln and Balaratnasingam, Sivasankaran",
volume="24",
number="6",
pages="561-564",
abstract="OBJECTIVES: This audit examined the demographics of Indigenous Australians dying by suicide in the Kimberley region of Western Australia during the period 2005-2014. <br><br>METHODS: This is a de-identified retrospective audit of reported suicide deaths provided to Kimberley Mental Health and Drug Service during the period 2005-2014. Variables such as age, sex, method of suicide, previous engagement with mental health services, locality and ethnicity were assessed. <br><br>RESULTS: Indigenous suicide rates in the Kimberley region have dramatically increased in the last decade. There is also an overall trend upwards in Indigenous youth suicide and Indigenous female suicides. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: These findings highlight the need for culturally informed, and youth focussed, suicide prevention interventions within the Kimberley region.<br><br>© The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists 2016.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1039-8562",
doi="10.1177/1039856216665281",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1039856216665281"
}