This chapter explores the heightened risk of suicide among Indigenous people amid the COVID-19 pandemic, emphasizing the role of Aboriginal community controlled health sector in safeguarding communities and addressing the underlying issues that contribute to vulnerability.
The rate of suicide in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities is double that of non-Indigenous people in Australia, and it’s reached a crisis point – particularly amongst the young. In this NAIDOC week 2020 we hear from researchers and practitioners, and those with lived experience about the best strategies to stem the tide of indigenous suicide