Majority of depression sufferers don’t get therapy in Finland; drugs more readily prescribed
About 430,000 Finns were taking prescription anti-depressants in 2013. Yet many Finns are left with their depression untreated as they
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Gender stereotypes behind high suicide rate
Men account for a majority of the suicides committed in Sweden every year. To help prevention, we need to take
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Cultural ties may help prevent suicide in Arctic indigenous peoples, experts say
Amid the grim statistics about suicide in the far north there are some bright spots — and potential lessons for
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OECD ‘concerned’ over high suicide rates in Finland
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) says in a new report that Finland should spend more money on
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Alaska reality star in Nunavut to talk about suicide
A reality star from Alaska visited Kugluktuk, a small Inuit community in Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut, this week
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Nunavut coroner to launch inquiry into suicides
The chief coroner in Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut is calling an inquiry into the high rates of suicide
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Drug/alcohol abuse high among Yukon miners
A depressed mining economy isn’t the mining industry’s only concern in Canada’s northwestern Yukon territory. The rate of drug and
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Aging Aboriginal Canadians have harder time staying healthy
First Nations, Metis and Inuit of advancing years often have poorer health than their non-aboriginal counterparts but don’t receive the
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Chronic alcoholics rebuild their lives in Alaska
Bobby Vina came to Alaska with no worries about finding a job. After growing up in Hawaii, at one point
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Canada: More children sniffing gas says chief of Innu community
Officials in the Innu community of Natuashish, located in the northern region of the Atlantic Canadian province of Newfoundland and
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Perils of Prohibition: History repeats in Alaska’s failed attempt to stamp out booze
The worst of what Alaska’s war on alcohol has brought to the impoverished, rural areas of the state — a
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ANALYSIS: Perils of Prohibition – Alaska’s failed war on booze
Alaska’s war on alcohol, a costly and painful crusade waged for decades in remote villages across the rural vastness of
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Researcher wants audit of anti-suicide strategy in Nunavut, Canada
A social researcher in Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut is calling for a performance audit of the territory’s suicide
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Nunavut, Canada to provide more suicide intervention training
The government in Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut will partner with Nunavut Arctic College and the Nunavut Teachers’ Association
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