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Article: Roads less taken: Pathways to care before near-lethal suicide attempts
Title | Roads less taken: Pathways to care before near-lethal suicide attempts |
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Authors | |
Keywords | Near-lethal suicide pathway to care qualitative study social work suicide attempts |
Issue Date | 2020 |
Publisher | Sage Publications Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.sagepub.co.uk/journal.aspx?pid=105604 |
Citation | International Social Work, 2020, v. 63 n. 4, p. 473-485 How to Cite? |
Abstract | This study identifies the cultural values affecting near-lethal suicide attempters’ help-seeking behaviours. Six Chinese survivors of intentional near-lethal self-poisoning were interviewed and their medical records examined. Interviewees with strong suicidal intentions had less demand for healthcare services and were resistant to care. Non-contact with services was associated with perceived service irrelevance, unhelpfulness and personal need to maintain self-reliance and dignity. Service providers should be trained to be sensitive to these individual values to allow the delivery of a culturally-appropriate service for this population. Social work empowerment models that focus on users’ self-reliance should be adopted in practice for this high-risk group. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/268326 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 1.2 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.833 |
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DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Law, YW | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-03-18T04:23:17Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2019-03-18T04:23:17Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2020 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | International Social Work, 2020, v. 63 n. 4, p. 473-485 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0020-8728 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/268326 | - |
dc.description.abstract | This study identifies the cultural values affecting near-lethal suicide attempters’ help-seeking behaviours. Six Chinese survivors of intentional near-lethal self-poisoning were interviewed and their medical records examined. Interviewees with strong suicidal intentions had less demand for healthcare services and were resistant to care. Non-contact with services was associated with perceived service irrelevance, unhelpfulness and personal need to maintain self-reliance and dignity. Service providers should be trained to be sensitive to these individual values to allow the delivery of a culturally-appropriate service for this population. Social work empowerment models that focus on users’ self-reliance should be adopted in practice for this high-risk group. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | Sage Publications Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.sagepub.co.uk/journal.aspx?pid=105604 | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | International Social Work | - |
dc.rights | Law, YW. Roads less taken: Pathways to care before near-lethal suicide attempts. International Social Work, 2020, v. 63 n. 4, p. 473-485. Copyright © 2018. The Author. Published by SAGE. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0020872818796135 | - |
dc.subject | Near-lethal suicide | - |
dc.subject | pathway to care | - |
dc.subject | qualitative study | - |
dc.subject | social work | - |
dc.subject | suicide attempts | - |
dc.title | Roads less taken: Pathways to care before near-lethal suicide attempts | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.identifier.email | Law, YW: flawhk@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Law, YW=rp00561 | - |
dc.description.nature | postprint | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1177/0020872818796135 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-85053372676 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 297170 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 63 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 4 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 473 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 485 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000544704200006 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United Kingdom | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 0020-8728 | - |