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Tribal Training and Technical Assistance Center. Suicide Prevention in Indian Country.
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. pg. 1-4.
Reviewed 2023

Update
High Suicide Rates Among American Indian
or Alaska Native Persons Surging Even Higher

Stephenson J. (2022). High Suicide Rates Among American Indian or Alaska Native Persons Surging Even Higher. JAMA health forum, 3(9), e224179. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamahealthforum.2022.4179

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article References:
Arya, V., Page, A., Dandona, R., Vijayakumar, L., Mayer, P., & Armstrong, G. (2019). The geographic heterogeneity of suicide rates in India by religion, caste, tribe, and other backward classes. Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention, 40(5), 370–374.

Gill, S. K., Muñoz, R. F., & Leykin, Y. (2018). The influence of perceived stress and depression on suicide-related beliefs in Caucasian and Indian adults. Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention, 39(2), 127–136.

Rasmus, S. M., Trickett, E., Charles, B., John, S., & Allen, J. (2019). The qasgiq model as an indigenous intervention: Using the cultural logic of contexts to build protective factors for Alaska Native suicide and alcohol misuse prevention. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 25(1), 44–54.