General Suicide & Self Harm Resources

Culturally Responsive Suicide Prevention in Indigenous Communities: Unexamined Assumptions and New Possibilities (2012)

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3483901/

 

Cultural continuity as a moderator of suicide risk among Canada’s First Nations (2008)

http://web.uvic.ca/~lalonde/manuscripts/2008HealingTraditions.pdf

 

Rethinking Resilience from Indigenous Perspectives (2011)

http://indigenouspsych.org/Interest Group/Kirmayer/2011_CJP_Resilience.pdf

 

Reclaiming Indigenous identities: Culture as strength against suicide among Indigenous youth in Canada (2017)

http://journal.cpha.ca/index.php/cjph/article/view/5754/3614

 

Youth resilience and protective Factors Associated with Suicide in First Nations Communities (2014): First Nations Information Governance Centre

http://www.afnigc.ca/main/includes/media/pdf/digital reports/Youth Resilience FINAL PAPER_Mar 2014.pdf

 

Suicide prevention education: Indigenous youths’ perspectives on wellness (2017)

https://journalindigenouswellbeing.com/media/2017/06/65.54.Suicide-prevention-education-Indigenous-youths%E2%80%99-perspectives-on-wellness.pdf

 

Protective Factors in the Inuit Population of Nunavut: A Comparative Study of People Who Died by Suicide, People Who Attempted Suicide, and People Who Never Attempted Suicide (2018)

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5800243/

 

Hope, Help, and Healing: A planning toolkit for First Nations and Aboriginal Communities to prevent and respond to suicide (2015): First Nations Health Authority

http://www.fnha.ca/wellnessContent/Wellness/FNHA-Hope-Help-and-Healing.pdf

 

Suicide Among Aboriginal People in Canada (2007) Page 104-111: Best Practices Guidelines for Suicide Prevention – Aboriginal Healing Foundation

http://www.douglas.qc.ca/uploads/File/2007-AHF-suicide.pdf

 

Assessment and Planning Tool Kit for Suicide Prevention in First Nations Communities (2005) National Aboriginal Health Organization (NAHO)

http://www.npaihb.org/images/epicenter_docs/suicide_prevention/2008/First Nation ToolKit for SuicidePrev.pdf

 

Aboriginal Youth: A Manual of Promising Suicide Prevention Strategies (2004) *Chapters 4 and 5 focus on the community-level Centre for Suicide Prevention, Canadian Mental Health Association, Alberta Division

https://www.cmho.org/documents/res-prom-stat-en.pdf

Book chapter: Communicating with People Who Are Suicidal by Jean Morrissey (2015) in Working With Self Harm and Suicidal Behaviour by Louise Doyle, Brian Keogh, Jean Morrissey 

  • *For educational purposes only. PLEASE do not share or circulate this document due to copyright laws.

Working With the Client Who is Suicidal: A Tool for Adult Mental Health and Addiction Services (2007)

https://www.health.gov.bc.ca/library/publications/year/2007/MHA_WorkingWithSuicidalClient.pdf

 

Practice Guidelines for Working with Children and Youth at Risk for Suicide in Community Mental Health Settings (2014)

https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/health/managing-your-health/mental-health-substance-use/child-teen-mental-health/practice_guidelines_children_youth_at_risk_suicide.pdf

 

Hope, Help, and Healing: A Planning Toolkit for First Nations and Aboriginal Communities to Prevent and Respond to Suicide (2015)  

https://www.fnha.ca/WellnessSite/WellnessDocuments/FNHA-Hope-Help-and-Healing.pdf

 

Suicide Among Aboriginal People in Canada (2007)

http://www.douglas.qc.ca/uploads/File/2007-AHF-suicide.pdf

Re-development of mental health first aid guidelines for supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders who are engaging in non-suicidal self-injury (2017)

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5568063/

 

Indigenous people, trauma, and suicide prevention- Centre for Suicide Prevention

https://www.suicideinfo.ca/resource/trauma-and-suicide-in-indigenous-people/?mc_cid=ca265eaffa&mc_eid=4843e47671

 

Strengths-Based Assessment for Suicide Prevention: Reasons
for Life as a Protective Factor from Yup’ik Alaska Native Youth
Suicide (2021).  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8359856/pdf/nihms-1686621.pdf