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Citation |
Osafo J, Akotia CS, Quarshie EN, Andoh-Arthur J, Boakye KE. Transcult. Psychiatry 2019; 56(3): 529-551. |
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Affiliation |
Anglia Ruskin University. |
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Copyright |
(Copyright © 2019, McGill University, Publisher SAGE Publishing) |
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30907246 |
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Abstract |
Community leaders can play an important role in suicide prevention because they are potential gatekeepers in resource-poor settings. To investigate their attitudes towards suicide and the role they play when people are in suicidal crisis, 10 community leaders were interviewed in a rural community in Ghana. Thematic Analysis of the interviews showed that leaders held two conflicting views about suicide: health crisis and moral taboo. They also viewed the reasons for suicide as psychosocial strains more than psychiatric factors. Though they viewed suicide as a moral taboo, they maintained a more neutral position in their gatekeeping role: providing support for persons in suicidal crisis more often than exerting a condemnatory attitude. Implications for gatekeeper training are discussed. Language: en |
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Keywords |
Ghana; attitudes toward suicide; community leaders; gatekeepers; suicide prevention |