'This is a crisis': 10-year old dies by suicide while in care

A warning, this story may be distressing.

A family in Western Australia is grieving today, at the news their 10-year-old child died by suicide while under the care of the state government. The Indigenous boy was being looked after by relatives, after being placed in care two years ago.

The tragedy comes five years on from a landmark coronial inquiry into 13 child suicide deaths in WA. Megan Krakouer is Director of the National Suicide Prevention and Trauma recovery Project says this is a "poverty narrative" and we have to call it what it is "a mental health crisis."

Guest: Megan Krakouer is Director of the National Suicide Prevention and Trauma recovery Project

If you need help you can call Lifeline on 13 11 14 or 13YARN - Call 13 92 76 | 24 /7 Crisis support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders.