SAMHSA’s Preventing and Responding to Suicide Clusters in American Indian and Alaska Native Communities Report This report examines suicide clusters within American Indian and Alaska Native communities. It discusses effective prevention strategies and offers resources to communities to decrease the prevalence of these clusters. A suicide cluster may be defined as a group of suicides […]
Preventing Suicide by American Indian and Alaska Native Youth and Young Adults This manual lays the groundwork for community-based suicide prevention and mental health promotion plans for American Indian and Alaska Native teens and young adults. It addresses risks, protective factors, and awareness, and describes prevention models for action. Click here to download the Manual: […]
Written by We R Native blog author: Constance Owl, an enrolled member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in western North Carolina. constanceamity@gmail.com Like many high school seniors this time of year I find myself nervously checking the mailbox each day for that important college acceptance or denial letters. Just the other day I received […]
“Suicide rates for American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/ANs) are four times higher than the national average. Suicide is the second leading cause of death for AI/AN youth between the ages of 15 to 24.1 This fact sheet, developed for tribal audiences and the agencies that work with them, reviews suicide prevention in Indian Country […]
