TY - JOUR PY - 2022// TI - Precision suicide prevention programme may help reduce the suicidality of males without known mental health problems JO - Evidence based nursing A1 - Singh, Shaminder A1 - Kapoor, Sumeeta SP - ePub EP - ePub VL - ePub IS - ePub N2 - Implications for practice and research Developing suicide prevention tools targeting males without known mental health conditions (KMHC) may help reduce their risk of suicidality. Qualitatively exploring mechanisms of decisive suicidal behaviour among males without KMHCs may help develop their tailored suicide prevention programmes. Context Suicide is potentially preventable yet, contributes significantly to premature death, killing 43 375 people in the USA in 2018.1 Compared with females, males experience fewer known mental health issues,2 engage in fewer suicidal thoughts and plans and make lesser suicide attempts, yet use more lethal means, thereby more frequently killing themselves.2 This disparity is attributed to males' relatively lesser help-seeking tendencies, more impulsive responsiveness to life situations and higher access to lethal means such as firearms than females.2 However, we …
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LA - en SN - 1468-9618 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/ebnurs-2022-103603 ID - ref1 ER -