Men’s Reflections on Postsuicide Attempt Episode in Bangladesh

Dados Bibliográficos

ID13629359
AutoresAzizur Rahman Khan (0000-0001-8154-0284, Department of Sociology, East West University, Dhaka, Bangladesh, autor correspondente), K Ratele (0000-0002-1688-5136, University of South Africa), Najuwa Arendse (0000-0003-4452-5792, Institute for Social and Health Sciences, University of South Africa and South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC)-UNISA Violence, Injury and Peace Research Unit, Cape Town, South Africa)
Ano2020
Volume84
Fascículo2
Páginas582-595
Data de publicação2020-02-12
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoOMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0030-2228 • E-ISSN: 1541-3764
EditoraSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0030222820904878
PMID32050852
OpenAlexW3006441228
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas5
Referências citadas32

This is the first ever research in Bangladesh that provides understanding about men's postsuicide attempt reflections from a district called Jhenaidah which is assumed to be a high suicide-prone area in the country. Employing qualitative semistructured interviews with 17 men who have attempted suicide, aged 18 years and older, this research finds the survivors encountered several immediate reactions from others specifically targeting toward demeaning their masculinity. Nonetheless, they adopted several means to cope with the postsuicide episode that are thematically arranged as self-deprecation, rebuilding oneself, revenge vis-à-vis forgiveness, and impulses to escape vis-à-vis nonreactive. The postattempt episodes of the survivors are likely to be moved toward further risk factors. Therefore, it is important to take protective measures for the survivors. Specific to this district, developing a context-specific suicide prevention model, targeting the risk population could be a possible solution to the problems associated with the postattempt episodes

Context (archaeology · Environmental health · Forgiveness · Geography · Masculinity · Medical emergency · Poison control · Population · Psychoanalysis · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociology · Suicide prevention · Child Abuse and Trauma · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology · Suicide and Self-Harm Studies