Demographic, Clinical, and Service Utilization Factors Associated with Suicide‐Related Visits among Alaska Native and American Indian Adults

2016/04/25 by Denise A. Dillard, Jaedon P. Avey, Renee Robinson +4 · 1 citation
Psychology · Medicine · #Suicide and Self-Harm Studies #Mental Health Treatment and Access #Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum

paper · doi:10.1111/sltb.12259

openalex publication_date 2016/04/25 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/04

Abstract

Alaska Native and American Indian people (AN/AIs) are disproportionately affected by suicide. Within a large AN/AI health service organization, demographic, clinical, and service utilization factors were compared between those with a suicide-related health visit and those without. Cases had higher odds of a behavioral health diagnosis, treatment for an injury, behavioral health specialty care visits, and opioid medication dispensation in the year prior to a suicide-related visit compared to gender-, age-, and residence- (urban versus rural) matched controls. Odds of a suicide-related visit were lower among those with private insurance and those with non-primary care ambulatory clinic visits.

Citations

• The Patient Health Questionnaire-2
• Spirituality and attempted suicide among American Indians

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• Suicide among Native Americans in the United States [wikipedia]

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