A5048686800- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Traumatic Brain Injury Research
- Gun Ownership and Violence Research
- Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse
- Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Gender Roles and Identity Studies
- Employment and Welfare Studies
- Obesity and Health Practices
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Workplace Health and Well-being
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
- Family Support in Illness
- Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Mental Health and Patient Involvement
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
Black Dog Institute
2017-2023
UNSW Sydney
2017-2023
To ameliorate the public health problem of adolescent suicide, it is imperative to go beyond simply establishing which factors increase risk. Multiple often interact in such a way that escalates suicide risk, and some combinations may be particularly perilous. Therefore, essential examine sequence interplay these various contributors understand how they confer enhance our understanding this process, we used qualitative in-depth interviews with 20 psychiatrically hospitalized adolescents who...
Abstract Background Unemployment is known to involve various psychosocial challenges that can negatively impact mental health. However, the intricacies of how individuals experience these and strive cope within context varied sociocultural individuating factors, remain comparatively understudied. The present qualitative study used an interpretative phenomenological approach explore lived experiences health coping during unemployment. Methods Fifteen Australian adults who had recently...
For Australians experiencing a suicide crisis, the emergency department (ED) is recommended point of contact for intervention and to ensure personal safety. However, negative ED experiences can deter individuals from returning, thus impacting future risk. In order improve environment in suicidal an in-depth understanding this experience needed. In-depth semi-structured interviews with 17 help seekers 16 support persons were conducted. A grounded theory approach uncovered core organising...
Suicide is a global problem, ranking among the leading causes of death in many countries across world. Most people who die by suicide are “under radar”, having never seen mental health professional or been diagnosed with illness. This article describes protective factors for men experiencing suicidal thoughts, plans, and/or attempts radar”. Using in-depth qualitative interviews, we aimed to understand stakeholder perspectives on that influence men’s wellbeing. The pervasiveness relational...
Research on planning, method choice, and substitution in adolescents’ suicide attempts is limited. We conducted in-depth interviews with 20 adolescents following their attempt to learn the extent which was planned, why they used did, whether would have substituted another if one had been unavailable. Applied Thematic Analysis identify codes develop themes. Attempts were largely unplanned, planned often haphazard, as urgency escape immediate pain a main impetus for attempt. Method choice...
Suicide is the leading cause of death for Australians aged 15 to 44, with fifty sixty per cent individuals who die by suicide ‘flying under radar’, dying in this way without receiving formal mental health care or treatment. This paper explores how people bereaved interpret and narrate lead-up to, act aftermath a male family member died suicide. We used qualitative semi-structured interviews explore narratives were articulated loved ones Analytic findings conceptualised through Bamberg’s four...
Suicide has a devasting and far-reaching effect on our communities. In developed countries, most people who die by suicide are male. Understanding men’s mental health what they experience in suicidal state is key to preventing future attempts. Our paper explores how group of 37 men Australia describe the leadup their suicidality. Underpinned interpretive phenomenological analysis, interview transcripts were examined for phrases that investigative team subjectively identified as profound....