@article{ref1,
title="Reasons for attempting suicide: an exploratory study in Ghana",
journal="Transcultural psychiatry",
year="2019",
author="Akotia, Charity S. and Knizek, Birthe Loa and Hjelmeland, Heidi and Kinyanda, Eugene and Osafo, Joseph",
volume="56",
number="1",
pages="233-249",
abstract="This study examined the reasons for suicide attempts among patients in Ghana. Semi-structured interviews were conducted among 30 informants who had been hospitalized for attempted suicide. Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) was used to analyse the transcribed narratives, and five main themes emerged: 1) lack of support; 2) abandonment; 3) shame; 4) existential struggles; and 5) supernatural reasons. There were gender differences with abandonment reported by only women and shame associated with economic difficulties reported only by men. <br><br>FINDINGS are discussed within the context of a socio-cultural theory of suicide behaviour, and implications for the prevention of suicide and care of suicidal persons are suggested.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1363-4615",
doi="10.1177/1363461518802966",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1363461518802966"
}