Aboriginal Suicide is Different
A Portrait of Life and Self Destruction

Aboriginal youth at risk are suffering more from social than from mental disorder. This title presents a study of youth who have, or feel they have, no purpose in life - or who may be seeking freedom in death. It title presents a portrait of life, and of self-destruction, by young Aboriginal men and women.

Adopting a historical and anthropological approach to suicide in New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory and New Zealand, this book documents rates of suicide that may well be the world's worst. It tries to glimpse the soul of the suicide rather than merely his or her contribution to our national statistics.

Introduction to the Second Edition
The Social and Political Contexts
The Origins of the 'New Violence'
An Anthropology of Suicide
The Prevalence of Aboriginal Suicide - Definitional Problems
The Prevalence of Aboriginal Suicide - the Data
Towards an Explanation of Aboriginal Suicide
Contributing Factors - Aboriginal Community Values
Contributing Factors - Societal Values
Lessons from Abroad
Towards Alleviation
Index.