Comparing the reasons for suicide from attempt survivors and their families in Ghana

Title: Comparing the reasons for suicide from attempt survivors and their families in Ghana
Creator: Asare-Doku, Winifred; Osafo, Joseph; Akotia, Charity S.
Relation: BMC Public Health Vol. 19, no. 412
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-6743-z
Publisher: BioMed Central
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2019
Description: Background: Family members are key in detecting early suicide warning signs. This study compared the reasons for suicidality as reported by attempt survivors with their family folks in Ghana. Methods: A qualitative design was used to select a sample size of 20 (10 family members and 10 suicide attempt survivors). Thematic analysis was used to analyse the data. Results: Analysis of the data showed two major themes: 1) Similar Reasons (where both families and attempt survivors consistently reported similar reasons for suicidality and 2) Different Reasons (where there were sharp divergences). Conclusions: Findings from this study help to understand the readiness of attempt survivor family members to intervene early during suicidal crisis.
Subject: suicide; attempt survivors; families; Ghana; SDG 3; Sustainable Development Goals
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1509089
Identifier: uon:56202
Identifier: ISSN:1471-2458
Language: eng
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