@article{ref1,
title="Nonfatal suicide attempts and other self-inflicted harm. Beltrami County youths, 2002-2006",
journal="Minnesota medicine",
year="2009",
author="Roesler, Jon and Petcoff, Matthew and Azam, Arsalan and Westberg, Sara and Kinde, Mark and Crosby, Alexander E.",
volume="92",
number="8",
pages="53-55",
abstract="Following a highly publicized murder-suicide by a high school student in Beltrami County, Minnesota, the Minnesota Department of Health initiated an investigation into suicide attempts and self-inflicted harm (SA/SIH) among youths in the county between 2002 and 2006. This article summarizes the results of that effort, which found an annualized rate of 356 hospital-treated SA/SIH per 100,000 population among Beltrami County residents ages 10 to 24 years--a rate more than 50% higher than that of other youths in Minnesota or the United States. In addition, the rate of SA/SIH for American Indian youths in Beltrami County was 2.5 times higher than that for white youths. An examination of medical history found 52% of the youths in this study had previously attempted suicide. This article also discusses several modifiable risk factors that were identified and potential interventions.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0026-556X",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}