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Suicide in the Indigenous Population of Latin America: A Systematic Review
Andres J Azuero1, Dan Arreaza-Kaufman1, Jeanette Coriat1
1Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia.
Objective:
Due to the high rates of suicide reported among many ethnic minorities, a systematic review is presented on suicide in indigenous populations of Latin America.
Methods:
Systematic review in PubMed, Scopus, PsycNET, Scielo and Scholar Google.
Results:
From an initial total of 1862 articles, 41 were included for data extraction. They include 21 from Brazil, 13 from Colombia, 2 from Chile, 1 from Peru, and 4 articles grouped from different countries. Suicide is a public health issue in many communities. Lifestyle changes, industrialisation, environmental degradation, and alcohol have led the indigenous population experiencing what has been described as "cultural death."
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