- 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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