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  • Help-seeking patterns and attitudes to treatment amongst men who attempted suicide

    Author(s)
    Cleary, A
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Cleary, Anne
    Year published
    2017
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    Background: A high percentage of those who complete suicide are not in contact with the psychiatric services and this is particularly evident among men who are the most at-risk group. Aim: To examine take-up of psychiatric services and attitudes to treatment among a sample of men who made a suicide attempt. Method: Fifty-two males, aged between 18 and 30 years, who made a medically serious suicide attempt, were followed up 7 years later using chart information and national mortality records. Results: On discharge from hospital all participants were referred to psychiatric aftercare services but one-third (32.7%) never presented ...
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    Background: A high percentage of those who complete suicide are not in contact with the psychiatric services and this is particularly evident among men who are the most at-risk group. Aim: To examine take-up of psychiatric services and attitudes to treatment among a sample of men who made a suicide attempt. Method: Fifty-two males, aged between 18 and 30 years, who made a medically serious suicide attempt, were followed up 7 years later using chart information and national mortality records. Results: On discharge from hospital all participants were referred to psychiatric aftercare services but one-third (32.7%) never presented and 20% attended only for a short period. Yet almost half (48%) of the sample made a subsequent attempt and 12% completed suicide. Factors contributing to low take-up of services include lack of awareness of psychiatric symptoms, reluctance to disclose distress and negative attitudes to seeking professional help. Conclusion: Young males are reluctant to seek professional help for psychiatric problems even following a serious suicide attempt. Factors influencing this include health behaviours linked to traditional expectations for men as well as the type of services provided.
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    Journal Title
    Journal of Mental Health
    Volume
    26
    Issue
    3
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.3109/09638237.2016.1149800
    Subject
    Clinical sciences
    Suicide
    male health behaviours
    psychiatric service utilisation
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/406455
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