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- Title
Suicidal Ideation Among Adults with Disability in Western Canada: A Brief Report.
- Authors
McConnell, David; Hahn, Lyndsey; Savage, Amber; Dubé, Camille; Park, Elly
- 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.
- Subjects
CANADA; MENTAL health; PEOPLE with disabilities; SUICIDE; SUICIDAL ideation
- Publication
Community Mental Health Journal, 2016, Vol 52, Issue 5, p519
- ISSN
0010-3853
- Publication type
Report
- DOI
10.1007/s10597-015-9911-3