A conceptual model of suicide in rural areas

• DOI: 10.22605/rrh1622
• Publication Date: 2021-04-19T01:10:08Z
• Authors: Cameron Stark; Vincent Riordan; Rory O'Connor
• Keywords: Conceptual model

Suicide is an important public health issue among rural communities although there no single pattern of suicide in areas. Despite this, are common themes much the research evidence on From published area, a conceptual model has been developed which can be used by clinical and services when considering possible routes intervention.A defined as 'a type diagram shows set relationships between factors that believed to impact or lead target condition'. The presented here uses 'Cry pain/ Entrapment' risk build framework associated with Cross-setting rates include gender, poverty, mental illness, substance use, biological including apparent genetic risk, coping skills media coverage suicide. There are, however, other appear have particular importance These stressors, such isolation political social exclusion; affecting support, cultural norms help-seeking, stigma illness service availability; decision self-harm, modelling views issues likelihood self-harm resulting death, method availability, methods treatment availability after harm occurs. Identifying these areas greatest local priorities helps activity.This provides way Local staff use it consider most relevant their area. It allows classification existing interventions, deciding work might value. For researchers planners, classifying interventions describing projects.