Timelines for difficult times: use of visual timelines in interviewing suicide attempters
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O'Gorman, John
Hawgood, Jacinta
De Leo, Diego
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The stories of people who attempt suicide are insufficiently reflected in suicide research in psychology. This article outlines a method using a visual timeline during the interviews to explore the narratives of suicide attempts. The method was successfully employed in two studies to collect data on the suicidal process from people with prior experience of suicide attempts. The advantages of the method in collecting comprehensive data, building rapport, and fostering participants’ insight are outlined. Strategies that were used to ensure safety of participants are described in addition to the requirements for interviewers seeking to apply this method.
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Qualitative Research in Psychology
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13
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3
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Cognitive and computational psychology
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Applied and developmental psychology
Clinical and health psychology
Social and personality psychology