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The impact of chronic illness in suicidality : a qualitative exploration
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Karasouli, Eleni, Latchford, Gary and Owens, David (2014) The impact of chronic illness in suicidality : a qualitative exploration. Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine : An Open Access Journal, Volume 2 (Number 1). pp. 899-908. ISSN 2164-2850.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21642850.2014.940954
Abstract
Objectives: To explore the experiences of patients with chronic physical illness in relation to suicidal behaviours and ideas. Design: A qualitative study using semi-structured interviews. Methods: Fourteen patients with either multiple sclerosis or stage 5 chronic kidney disease were interviewed. Grounded theory was used to analyse the data. Results: Suicidal ideation was commonly reported by the study participants, and the relationship between the impact of a chronic physical illness, suicidality and risk factors was described. Several participants reported having planned suicide attempts as a consequence of finding living with their illness intolerable, and some had used non-adherence to treatment as a deliberate method to end their life. Conclusion: The findings suggest suicidality may be a relatively common experience in those with chronic illness facing a future of further losses, and that alongside passive thoughts of not being alive this may also include active thoughts about suicide. Health professionals should be alert to intentional non-adherence to treatment as an attempt to end one's life.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry | ||||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences > Mental Health and Wellbeing Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Suicide, Chronic diseases --Psychological aspects, Suicide -- Prevention, Chronically ill -- Mental health, Suicide -- Risk factors | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine : An Open Access Journal | ||||||||
Publisher: | Taylor and Francis | ||||||||
ISSN: | 2164-2850 | ||||||||
Official Date: | 20 August 2014 | ||||||||
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Volume: | Volume 2 | ||||||||
Number: | Number 1 | ||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 899-908 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) |
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