@article{ref1,
title="Exploring the lived experiences of the suicide attempt survivors: a phenomenological approach",
journal="International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being",
year="2020",
author="Shamsaei, Farshid and Yaghmaei, Safura and Haghighi, Mohammad",
volume="15",
number="1",
pages="e1745478-e1745478",
abstract="<b>Purpose</b>: Suicide is a complex phenomenon that needs to be studied with a variety of approaches. The purpose of this study is to explore the lived experience of attempted suicide with the phenomenology approach.<b>Method</b>: An interpretive phenomenological approach was used to analyse semi-structured, in-depth interviews with 16 participants (ages 19-57) who were recruited by means of purposive sampling from October to November 2017 at the Farshchian Psychiatric Hospital in Hamadan/Iran. Data analysis was conducted according to van Manen's phenomenological method.<b>Results</b>: Identified three themes and eight subthemes: Mental pain (subthemes: living through grief, internal conflict, the world is better without me), Social challenges (lack of social connection, financial problems, social support services) and Need for love and belonging (feeling <i>understood</i>, need of empathy).<b>Conclusions</b>: Outcomes and key implications of the study related primarily to improving the treatment experiences of suicide attempt survivors and other at-risk population, and also advancing suicide prevention efforts and to provide support for suicide attempt survivors.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1748-2623",
doi="10.1080/17482631.2020.1745478",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17482631.2020.1745478"
}