Men in despair

A qualitative psychological autopsy study of suicide in Northern Uganda

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2394916
AutoresDorothy Kizza (Norwegian University of Science and Technology and Butabika National Referral and Teaching Mental Hospital, Kampala, Uganda, autor de correspondencia), Birthe Loa Knizek (0000-0002-5952-9895, Sør-Trøndelag University College), Eugene Kinyanda (0000-0001-7068-9294, Uganda Virus Research Institute), Heidi Hjelmeland (0000-0003-4745-4301, Norwegian University of Science and Technology and Norwegian Institute of Public Health)
Año2012
Volumen49
Número5
Páginas696-717
Fecha de publicación2012-11-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaTranscultural Psychiatry (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1363-4615 • E-ISSN: 1461-7471
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1363461512459490
PMID23075801
OpenAlexW2056384676
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas21
Referencias citadas45

The psychosocial circumstances surrounding men's suicide in postconflict Central Northern Uganda were investigated using qualitative psychological autopsy interviews. Records of 17 men who died by suicide were identified through police and local leaders in Internally Displaced Peoples' camps of Amuru and Gulu Districts. Two to five significant others were interviewed around each case. Data were analyzed by interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA). Lost dignity and social value, lack of hope for the family's future, overwhelming family responsibility, and mental illness were circumstances found to have preceded the suicides. The protracted war in the Northern region of Uganda left men in rural communities feeling disempowered and disenfranchised. This may have contributed to suicidal behavior in some of them. Suicide prevention in this area needs to be multidisciplinary with an emphasis on helping both men and women understand and deal with the many social changes that have evolved over time and affected their traditional roles and responsibilities

Autopsy · Injury prevention · Medical emergency · Occupational safety and health · Pathology · Poison control · Psychiatry · Qualitative research · Sociology · Suicide prevention · Anthropology · Clinical Psychology · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Medicine · Mental Health Treatment and Access · Psychology · Suicide and Self-Harm Studies