TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2020//
TI  - How men step back - and recover - from suicide attempts: a relational and gendered account
JO  - Sociology of health and illness
A1  - Ridge, Damien
A1  - Smith, Hannah
A1  - Fixsen, Alison
A1  - Broom, Alex
A1  - Oliffe, John
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - Men account for three-quarters of suicide deaths in the UK, yet we know little about how at-risk men construct their experiences of moving towards - and then subsequently stepping back from - suicide, nor the part played by relational factors therein. An inductive thematic analysis was used to examine narrative interviews with eleven UK men who self-reported serious thoughts, plans and up-to and including suicide attempts in progress, but who consciously decided against carrying out an attempt. Their accounts suggest a highly social process of movements towards and away from suicide (e.g. frustrated help-seeking). Stepping back from suicide represents not a discrete issue, but a linked process in suicidality and wider recovery. Here, the use of military metaphors in particular (e.g. waging war, fighting back) highlights the gendered nature of the issue. Additionally, our article illuminates a range of social relations and forces that circulate in and around suicidality, which itself is embedded in varying forms of relationality, normativity and gendered practices.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0141-9889
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-9566.13216
ID  - ref1
ER  -