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Published Online:https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.127.7.882

The authors discuss the sociocultural factors that have produced suicide rates on some Indian reservations that are significantly higher than the national average. Among the most important of these factors are the breakdown of traditional values and patterns of behavior resulting from enforced residence on reservations, geographical isolation, widespread unemployment, and a high incidence of alcoholism.

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