Addressing the Crisis of Indigenous Youth Suicide: Opportunities and Challenges

Mohatt, Justin

Tuesday, October 25, 2016: 9:00 AM-12:00 PM

Chair:

Justin W. Mohatt, MD

Discussant:

John T. Walkup, MD

A Lakota Cultural Community Perspective on Youth Suicide From the Pine Ridge Reservation
Ethleen Iron Cloud-Two Dogs, MS Suicide Prevention Resource Center, Education Development Center, Inc, Porcupine, SD

Indigenized Suicide Prevention Among Inuit in the Canadian Arctic
Michael Kral, PhD Wayne State University, Detroit, MI

Decrease in Suicide Deaths and Attempts Linked to the White Mountain Apache Suicide Surveillance System
Mary Cwik, PhD Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD

An Empowering and Practical Approach to Indigenous Suicide Prevention: Preliminary Findings From Promoting Community Conversations to End Suicide in Rural Alaska
Lisa Wexler, PhD University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA

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