Citation

Azuero AJ, Arreaza-Kaufman D, Coriat J, Tassinari S, Faria A, Castañeda-Cardona C, Rosselli D. Rev. Colomb. Psiquiatr. 2017; 46(4): 237-242.

Affiliation

Departamento de Epidemiología Clínica y Bioestadística, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia. Electronic address: diego.rosselli@gmail.com.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Sociedad Colombiana De Psiquiatria)

DOI

10.1016/j.rcp.2016.12.002

PMID

29122231

Abstract

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."

Copyright © 2017 Asociación Colombiana de Psiquiatría. Publicado por Elsevier España. All rights reserved.

Language: en

Keywords

American Native Continental Ancestry Group; Comportamiento autolesivo; Health Services; Indigenous; Indígenas; Latin America; Latinoamérica; Nativos americanos; Self-Injurious Behaviour; Servicios de salud; Suicide; Suicidio