Alaska is number one in the country for youth suicide, and Alaska Natives are at the highest risk.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Alaska is number one in the country for youth suicide, according to numbers compiled by Alaska Public Health Analytics and Providence Hospital, and Alaska Natives are at highest risk according to a recent CDC study.
Twilla’s odds were stacked against her from the start. As she grew, even the simplest things seemed like major obstacles. A study recently released by the Centers for Disease Control found the need is there. In 2021, Alaska Native and American Indian high school students registered the worst on key mental health markers including seriously considering suicide, making a suicide plan and attempting suicide.
“One of the hardest things I’ve ever done,” Farrally said. “You don’t ever want to leave your kid behind at a facility you don’t know, and a state you don’t know.” “In terms of substance abuse and mental health, it’s going to be a multi-factorial story and trauma’s certainly a piece of it, the response to trauma, the desire to numb,” psychiatrist Lisa Alexia said.
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