Child-Sized Gaps in the System: Case Studies of Child Suicidality and Support within the Australian Healthcare System

Autor/inn/en	McKay, Kathy; Shand, Fiona
Titel	Child-Sized Gaps in the System: Case Studies of Child Suicidality and Support within the Australian Healthcare System
Quelle	In: Educational and Developmental Psychologist, 33 (2016) 2, S.139-148 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2059-0776
DOI	10.1017/edp.2016.14
Schlagwörter	Case Studies; Health Services; Suicide; Trauma; Personal Narratives; Foreign Countries; Mothers; Daughters; Interviews; Mental Health; Parent Child Relationship; Children; Adolescents; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Health service; Gesundheitsdienst; Gesundheitswesen; Selbstmord; Erlebniserzählung; Ausland; Mother; Mutter; Daughter; Tochter; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Psychohygiene; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Child; Kind; Kinder; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Australien
Abstract	While children both understand the concept of, and have died by, suicide, little research has been conducted on children's experiences of healthcare systems during and after a suicidal crisis. This article focuses on three case studies of mothers with suicidal daughters and aims to describe the health service experiences of parents whose children have attempted suicide. The case studies were selected as exemplars of three different healthcare experiences of mothers with suicidal daughters younger than 16 years of age. Interviews were conducted with the mothers, focusing on their experiences when trying to find care for their daughters after a suicide attempt. A "dirty text" analysis was undertaken on the transcripts, which aimed to find potential redemption within stories of trauma. Narratives were analysed to see how their stories were told, but also how experiences could be shared or be dissimilar. Significant gaps currently exist in the care and support provided to suicidal children, particularly in the critical post-discharge phase. Adults were not always able to recognise when a child was suicidal, or sometimes take that suicidality seriously. Support must often be proactively sought, and even organisations that are meant to target children and adolescents may not always provide appropriate care. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01