TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Community leaders' attitudes towards and perceptions of suicide and suicide prevention in Ghana
JO  - Transcultural psychiatry
A1  - Osafo, Joseph
A1  - Akotia, Charity S.
A1  - Quarshie, Emmanuel Nii-Boye
A1  - Andoh-Arthur, Johnny
A1  - Boakye, Kofi E.
SP  - 529
EP  - 551
VL  - 56
IS  - 3
N2  - 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.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1363-4615
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1363461518824434
ID  - ref1
ER  -