Suicide among psychiatric patients who migrated to the UK: a national clinical survey

Tham, Su-Gwan; Hunt, Isabelle M.; Turnbull, Pauline; Appleby, Louis; Kapur, Nav; Knipe, Duleeka

doi:10.1016/j.eclinm.2023.101859

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“…While suicide rates for detained asylum seekers in Australia are documented (e.g., Procter et al 2018), data on resettled refugees are lacking because visa status is not recorded in suicide statistics (the problem of unreliable records is common in many countries; see, for instance, Canetto et al 2023 on the case of Nepal). Where data on such trends are more readily available, they show that the incidence of suicide and suicidal ideation among refugee communities in resettlement countries such as the United States (Ao et al 2016) and the United Kingdom (Tham et al 2023) is on the rise.…”

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Suicide Research with Refugee Communities: The Case for a Qualitative, Sociocultural, and Creative Approach

Lenette

2023

Social Sciences

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People from refugee backgrounds experience distinctively complex situations pre- and post-resettlement and are at heightened risks of suicide. The bulk of research on refugee suicide and suicidal ideation is based on diagnostic perspectives, biomedical approaches, and quantitative measures. To explore lived experience of suicide among refugee communities in more depth, this review highlights the need for qualitative, creative methods and a different paradigm to conceptualise suicide research from a social and cultural perspective as an alternative to framing and treating suicidality purely as a mental health issue. Situational and lived experience-based knowledge can significantly expand understandings of how to curb the rise in suicidal ideation and reduce suicide risks among refugees. In this context, creative research methods can be excellent tools to uncover the deeply contextual dimensions of suicidality. When interdisciplinary research explores subjective and sociocultural meanings attached to suicidal ideation, there is a greater potential to develop culturally safe supports, which are models attuned to cultural norms as determined by those most affected by lived experience of an issue or problem. Qualitative suicide research using creative methods and grounded in sociocultural knowledge can address the multidimensional and situational factors affecting refugee communities to improve interventions beyond medical framings.

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