USA Today (6/21, Dastagir) reported, “The US suicide rate is up 33% since 1999, but for Native American women and men, the increase is even greater: 139% and 71%, respectively, according to an analysis out this week from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics.” The article added, “Native Americans and Alaska Natives also experience PTSD more than twice as often as the general population, according to” the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). SAMHSA Regional Administrator Karen Hearod said, “You get this historical trauma, and people aren’t able to resolve it. It gets internalized and passed down to future generations.”
Related Links:
— “Suicide rate for Native American women is up 139%, “Alia E. Dastagir, USA Today, June 21, 2019