Diverse and Dynamic Interactions: A Model of Suicidal Men's Help Seeking as It Relates to Health Services.

River, J

Diverse and Dynamic Interactions: A Model of Suicidal Men's Help Seeking as It Relates to Health Services.

River, J

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Am J Mens Health, 2018, 12, (1), pp. 150-159
Issue Date:: 2018-01

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dc.contributor.author	River, J https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5270-4013
dc.date.accessioned	2022-09-08T03:08:45Z
dc.date.available	2022-09-08T03:08:45Z
dc.date.issued	2018-01
dc.identifier.citation	Am J Mens Health, 2018, 12, (1), pp. 150-159
dc.identifier.issn	1557-9883
dc.identifier.issn	1557-9891
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/161528
dc.description.abstract	There is a striking gender difference in suicide rates worldwide, with men accounting for approximately 80% of all suicide deaths. In contradictory public discussions, suicidal men are presented sometimes as victims of "poor" health services and sometimes as irremediable, "poor" help seekers. A more substantive theory of suicidal men's help seeking, which moves beyond homogenizing accounts to examine the complex interplay between help seeking and health services, is now required. Eighteen life history interviews were undertaken with men who had engaged in nonfatal suicide. Interviews were analyzed within a theoretical framework of gender relations. The findings challenge static and uniform notions of suicidal men's help seeking. While a few men actively avoided health services, others actively sought help, and in many cases help-seeking practices were triggered by unsolicited encounters with health services. Responsibility for help-seeking behavior did not rest solely with suicidal men. Men's help-seeking practices could either be facilitated or blocked by the character of the professional support that was available. Men in this study overwhelmingly rejected services that framed emotional distress and suicidal behavior as mental illness.
dc.format	Print-Electronic
dc.language	eng
dc.publisher	SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
dc.relation.ispartof	Am J Mens Health
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dc.subject	1117 Public Health and Health Services
dc.subject.classification	Public Health
dc.subject.mesh	Adult
dc.subject.mesh	Australia
dc.subject.mesh	Help-Seeking Behavior
dc.subject.mesh	Humans
dc.subject.mesh	Incidence
dc.subject.mesh	Interpersonal Relations
dc.subject.mesh	Male
dc.subject.mesh	Masculinity
dc.subject.mesh	Mental Health
dc.subject.mesh	Mental Health Services
dc.subject.mesh	Middle Aged
dc.subject.mesh	Needs Assessment
dc.subject.mesh	Patient Acceptance of Health Care
dc.subject.mesh	Risk Assessment
dc.subject.mesh	Suicidal Ideation
dc.subject.mesh	Suicide
dc.subject.mesh	Survival Rate
dc.subject.mesh	Humans
dc.subject.mesh	Incidence
dc.subject.mesh	Survival Rate
dc.subject.mesh	Risk Assessment
dc.subject.mesh	Suicide
dc.subject.mesh	Interpersonal Relations
dc.subject.mesh	Mental Health
dc.subject.mesh	Mental Health Services
dc.subject.mesh	Needs Assessment
dc.subject.mesh	Adult
dc.subject.mesh	Middle Aged
dc.subject.mesh	Patient Acceptance of Health Care
dc.subject.mesh	Australia
dc.subject.mesh	Male
dc.subject.mesh	Masculinity
dc.subject.mesh	Suicidal Ideation
dc.subject.mesh	Help-Seeking Behavior
dc.title	Diverse and Dynamic Interactions: A Model of Suicidal Men's Help Seeking as It Relates to Health Services.
dc.type	Journal Article
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
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Abstract:

There is a striking gender difference in suicide rates worldwide, with men accounting for approximately 80% of all suicide deaths. In contradictory public discussions, suicidal men are presented sometimes as victims of "poor" health services and sometimes as irremediable, "poor" help seekers. A more substantive theory of suicidal men's help seeking, which moves beyond homogenizing accounts to examine the complex interplay between help seeking and health services, is now required. Eighteen life history interviews were undertaken with men who had engaged in nonfatal suicide. Interviews were analyzed within a theoretical framework of gender relations. The findings challenge static and uniform notions of suicidal men's help seeking. While a few men actively avoided health services, others actively sought help, and in many cases help-seeking practices were triggered by unsolicited encounters with health services. Responsibility for help-seeking behavior did not rest solely with suicidal men. Men's help-seeking practices could either be facilitated or blocked by the character of the professional support that was available. Men in this study overwhelmingly rejected services that framed emotional distress and suicidal behavior as mental illness.

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