Suicide amongst the Inuit of Nunavut: An Exploration of Life Trajectories

William Affleck, Eduardo Chachamovich, Nadia Chawky, Guy Beauchamp, Gustavo Turecki and Monique Séguin
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William Affleck: Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montréal, QC H3A 0G4, Canada
Eduardo Chachamovich: Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montréal, QC H3A 0G4, Canada
Nadia Chawky: McGill Group for Suicide Studies, Montréal, QC H3A 0G4, Canada
Guy Beauchamp: McGill Group for Suicide Studies, Montréal, QC H3A 0G4, Canada
Gustavo Turecki: Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montréal, QC H3A 0G4, Canada
Monique Séguin: Département de psychoéducation et psychologie, Université du Québec en Outaouais, Gatineau, QC J9A 1L8, Canada

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 6, 1-11

Abstract: This article reports results of the life trajectories from 92 Inuit who died by suicide, matched for age and gender with 92 living-controls. A proxy-based procedure and semi-structured interviews with informants were conducted to obtain trajectories of developmental events occurring over the life course for suicide and community-matched controls. Results from this research indicate two different trajectories that differentiate the control-group from the suicide-group throughout the life course. Even though the number of suicide attempts are similar between both groups, the suicide-group had a more important burden of adversity, which seemed to create a cascading effect, leading to suicide.

Keywords: suicide; Inuit; life trajectory (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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