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Tan, Josephine C. H.; Maranzan, Kathryn Amanda; Boone, Margaret; Vander Velde, John; Levy, Sheila – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2012
Analysis of calls made to a northern Canadian Inuit crisis line in the territory of Nunavut between 1991 and 2001 revealed that the majority of users were adult females who called to discuss problems primarily related to relationships and loneliness/boredom. Younger callers tended to make prank calls. The volunteer staff used mostly empathetic…
Descriptors: Age, Crisis Intervention, Eskimos, Volunteers
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Haggarty, John M.; Cernovsky, Zack; Bedard, Michel; Merskey, Harold – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2008
We investigated the association of suicidal ideation and behavior with depression, anxiety, and alcohol abuse in a Canadian Arctic Inuit community. Inuit (N = 111) from a random sample of households completed assessments of anxiety and depression, alcohol abuse, and suicidality. High rates of suicidal ideation within the past week (43.6%), and…
Descriptors: Family (Sociological Unit), Eskimos, Alcohol Abuse, Suicide