Cultural Identity, Mental Health, and Suicide Prevention: What Can We Learn from Unangax Culture?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sean R. O'Rourke
Nadine Kochuten
Chantae Kochuten
Katherine L. Reedy
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 55, no. 1, 2018, pp. 119-141
Description
Authors examine the comparatively low suicide rate among the Unangax, an Indigenous group in Alaska, and the protective factors that are at play in their communities in order to make recommendations for suicide prevention strategies; advocate for culturally relevant and identity affirming mental health services.