Urgent government action is needed to address inadequate health care, housing and other root causes of a suicide epidemic among Canada’s indigenous, according to a new report. Canada’s indigenous suicide crisis stems from a long history of poverty, chronic unemployment and generations of sexual, physical and psychological abuse.
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In many parts of Africa, Western medicine is seen as a last resort for the mentally ill. People prefer local healers for mental health care even though their services can range from the violent exorcisms of Sierra Leone to the more banal healing dances of northern Senegal.