Health workers ’ views of help seeking and suicide among Aboriginal people in rural Victoria

ConclusionThis study unpacks the problem of help seeking for psychological distress among rural Aboriginal people and highlights its association with suicide and self‐harm. The findings suggest that the barriers faced by Aboriginal people in sharing their traumatic emotions exist from childhood to older age groups and this inability to seek and obtain help can lead to self‐harm and suicide. Similar studies on Aboriginal help seeking and suicide will help shed more light on this challenging issue.

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Source: Australian Journal of Rural Health - May 19, 2016 Category: Rural Health Authors: Anton N. Isaacs, Keith Sutton, Stuart Hearn, Gilbert Wanganeen, Patricia Dudgeon Tags: Original Research Source Type: research