@article{ref1, title="Advocacy and luck: Australian healthcare experiences following a suicide attempt", journal="Death studies", year="2018", author="McKay, Kathy and Shand, Fiona", volume="42", number="6", pages="392-399", abstract="High quality mental health care after a suicide attempt is a key strategy for preventing subsequent suicide attempts and deaths, yet little is known about how people navigate the healthcare system following a suicide attempt. This paper focuses on the stories told by 20 people who had attempted suicide. Five themes emerged: fitting into the healthcare system; need for advocacy; consistent care; lucky to find help; and, small kindnesses. Positive and empathetic healthcare experiences, as well as connected services, assisted the recovery of people who have attempted suicide.

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", language="en", issn="0748-1187", doi="10.1080/07481187.2017.1359218", url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2017.1359218" }