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Youth suicide in Australia

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This paper reviews the incidence of youth suicide in Australia in comparison with other industrialized countries around the mid-1990s. It focuses on fatal suicides in Australia and records changes in suicide mortality levels and patterns since the 1950s. An attempt is made to estimate the global extent of the problem of suicidal behaviour (suicides plus attempted suicides). The discussion concentrates on the presumed factors associated with the recent epidemic of self-destruction among young Australian males: drug and alcohol abuse, and unemployment. Finally, some of the attempts at prevention of suicidal acts and their effectiveness are reviewed.

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    Lado Ruzicka

  2. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, GPO Box 570, ACT 2601, Canberra

    C. Y. Choi

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Ruzicka, L., Choi, C.Y. Youth suicide in Australia. Journal of Population Research 16, 29–46 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03029453

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