Suicide in circumpolar regions: an introduction and overview.
This extended editorial introduces the Special Issue on Suicide and Resilience in Circumpolar Regions, the results of the knowledge synthesis project by an international research team funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and endorsed by the Arctic Council. It focuses on the extent and magnitude of the problem of suicidal behaviours and thoughts from a circumpolar perspective - the variation across Arctic States and their northern regions, the excess risk among some indigenous groups and their demographic characteristics. Much remains to be learned about the design and implementation of youth-focused intervention programmes, especially in a circumpolar comparative framework.
School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada; kue.young@ualberta.ca.
T Kue
TK
Young
Laboratory of Environmental Health, Institute for Forecasting, Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, Russian Federation.
Boris
B
Revich
Department of Public Health, Hjelt Institute, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Leena
L
Soininen
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D001110:Arctic Regions / Q000453:epidemiology; D002170:Canada / Q000453:epidemiology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D044382:Population Groups / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015995:Prevalence; D018570:Risk Assessment; D017678:Sex Distribution; D059020:Suicidal Ideation; D013405:Suicide / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016019:Survival Analysis; D055815:Young Adult; D000092864:Suicide Prevention
Arctic; mortality; suicide; youth