Title Aboriginal suicide is different : a portrait of life and self-destruction / Colin Tatz

Published Canberra : Aboriginal Studies Press, [2001] ©2001

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Description xiii, 249 pages ; 27 cm regular print Series Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander report series, 1038-2372 Report series (Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies) Contents 1. The social and political contexts -- 2. The origins of the 'new violence' -- 3. An anthropology of suicide -- 4. The prevalence of Aboriginal suicide: definitional problems -- 5. The prevalence of Aboriginal suicide: the data -- 6. Towards an explanation of Aboriginal suicide -- 7. Contributing factors: Aboriginal community values -- 8. Contributing factors: societal values--9. Lessons from abroad -- 10. Towards alleviation Summary Aboriginal suicide is different: a portrait of life and self destruction (AIATSIS report series) Analysis Aboriginal youth Aborigines Australia overseas comparisons Indigenous populations Social behaviour problems Suicide Notes Includes index Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 228-240) and index Notes Colin Tatz 2001 Subject Aboriginal Australians -- Social conditions. Aboriginal Australians -- Suicidal behavior. Youth -- Suicidal behavior -- Cross-cultural studies. Youth, Aboriginal Australian -- Social conditions. Youth, Aboriginal Australian -- Suicidal behavior. Youth, Maori -- Suicidal behavior. Author Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. LC no. 2001411479 ISBN 0855753714

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