Suicide Ideation and Depression Quality of Life Ratings in a Reservation-Based Community of Native American Youths and Young Adults

• Published in: Community mental health journal Vol. 58; no. 4; pp. 779 - 787
• Main Authors: Alfonso, Y. N., Bishai, D., Ivanich, J. D., O’Keefe, V. M., Usher, J., Aldridge, L. R., Haroz, E. E., Goklish, N., Barlow, A., Cwik, M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.05.2022; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adolescents; American Indian or Alaska Native; American Indians; Child & adolescent psychiatry; Community; Community and Environmental Psychology; Cost analysis; Cultural sensitivity; Depression; Humans; Indians, North American; Indigenous peoples; Intervention; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Mental depression; Mental health care; Native children & youth; Native North Americans; Native reservations; Original Paper; Psychiatry; Public health; Quality of Life; Suicidal Ideation; Suicide; Teenagers; Young Adult; Young adults; United States > US; Ideation; Adolescence; Depression; Suicide; American Indian; Quality-of-life

Suicide among adolescents is a significant public health concern in the U.S., especially within American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) communities. Lack of quality of life (QoL) estimates for both suicide ideation and depression specific to the AIAN population hinders the ability to compare interv...