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Indigeneity and Likelihood of Discharge to Psychiatric Hospital in an Australian Deliberate Self-Poisoning Hospital-Treated Cohort

Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(19), 12238; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912238
by Katie McGill 1,2,3, Amir Salem 4, Tanya L. Hanstock 4, Todd R. Heard 1,2,5, Leonie Garvey 6, Bernard Leckning 7,8, Ian Whyte 1,9, Andrew Page 10 and Greg Carter 2,9,*
Reviewer 1: Anonymous
Reviewer 2: Anonymous
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(19), 12238; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912238
Submission received: 17 August 2022 / Revised: 19 September 2022 / Accepted: 20 September 2022 / Published: 27 September 2022
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Suicide Prevention: Lived Experience, Science and Implementation)

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

This is a well written and excellent study into self-harm by Indigenous peoples within a particular region. 

I have a few minimal suggestions:

- eliminate the 'has/ have been' constructions. This construction in some instances could be replaced with are, is, or was.  For instance on page 2 "The impact of colonization on Australian Indigenous communities is significant" is far more accurate than the 'has been'.  Page 3, bottom paragraph contains multiple has/have/had been constructions.

- page 5 - sentence starting with 'Because'.  The authors' could use 'Since' instead of 'Because'

- page 7 "predatory sexual ..." this sentence has an awkward reading. Particularly the 'predatory sexual' being left without a completing word whilst be followed by drug misuse.  I would suggest 'predatory sexual and bullying behaviours as well as drug misuse.' Albeit, I recognize that this might not exactly capture the authors' intent.

- Lastly, I would suggest that the authors expand the study beyond the borders of Australia to include a specific region with the U.S. and Canada.

 

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Author Response

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Reviewer 2 Report

This manuscript exploited a retrospective clinical cohort of Indigenous Australians to study the likehood of psychiatric hospital admission and deliberate self-harm. The introduction and methods are well described, but the presentation of the results need to be improved. Here are some major/minor points:

1. the Indigenous cohort is relatively small compared with non-Indigenous cohort, thus the understanding of different factors contribute to the admission of hospital or self-harm/suicide will be limited.

2. the font size/type is not consistant in the manuscript, eg."Discussion", "key findings"... also the tables have different formatting as well.

3. Please follow the formating requirements of the journal for the reference

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