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Suicidal Ideation Among Adults with Disability in Western Canada: A Brief Report

Authors: David McConnell, Lyndsey Hahn, Amber Savage, Camille Dubé, Elly Park

Published in: Community Mental Health Journal | Issue 5/2016

Abstract

This study investigated prevalence and risk factors for suicidal ideation among adults with self-reported disability in Western Canada. The method was secondary data analysis utilising the Canadian Community Health Survey. The odds of 12-month suicidal ideation are 3.5 times greater for adults with self-reported disability compared with non-disabled adults, controlling for age, sex, ethnicity, and psychiatric morbidity. The heightened risk of ideation among adults with self-reported disability is partially explained by social adversity, including food insecurity and low sense of community belonging. Reducing suicide risk among adults with disability requires a broad-spectrum approach, including mental health care, and strategies to ameliorate social and economic hardship.

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Title: Suicidal Ideation Among Adults with Disability in Western Canada: A Brief Report
Authors: David McConnell
Lyndsey Hahn
Amber Savage
Camille Dubé
Elly Park
Publication date: 01-07-2016
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Community Mental Health Journal / Issue 5/2016
Print ISSN: 0010-3853
Electronic ISSN: 1573-2789
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-015-9911-3

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