Cluster Suicide.

Psychiatrist dr Albert Maramis from the Indonesian Mental Health Specialist Association discussed the emergence, causes and risks of Cluster Suicides, particularly amongst the Indigenous youth.

A Coroner said that a spate of suicides among young Indigenous people were shaped by cross-generational trauma and poverty. Source: Source - SBS/NITV - 14 March 2016

What is cluster suicide?  Are certain groups more prone to the behaviour?  What are the risk factors?  How can we reduce the risk factors for young people?  Psychiatrist dr Albert Maramis explains the issues  

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