@article{ref1,
title="Roads less taken: Pathways to care before near-lethal suicide attempts",
journal="International social work",
year="2020",
author="Law, Y.W.",
volume="63",
number="4",
pages="473-485",
abstract="This study identifies the cultural values affecting near-lethal suicide attempters' help-seeking behaviours. Six Chinese survivors of intentional near-lethal self-poisoning were interviewed and their medical records examined. Interviewees with strong suicidal intentions had less demand for healthcare services and were resistant to care. Non-contact with services was associated with perceived service irrelevance, unhelpfulness and personal need to maintain self-reliance and dignity. Service providers should be trained to be sensitive to these individual values to allow the delivery of a culturally-appropriate service for this population. Social work empowerment models that focus on users' self-reliance should be adopted in practice for this high-risk group. © The Author(s) 2018.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0020-8728",
doi="10.1177/0020872818796135",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0020872818796135"
}