| Abstract [eng] |
Vilmantė Gaudiešiūtė (2025). What helps people receiving inpatient treatment to recover from a suicidal crisis? Master's thesis. Vilnius: Vilnius University, p. 73. Attempted suicide is associated with a higher risk of reattempt and death by suicide. Although there are already various interventions aimed at preventing this, there is still a lack of data to provide a personal perspective on the common factors that help individuals to recover and prevent a repeat suicide attempt. This study aimed to uncover what factors contribute to the recovery of individuals currently receiving inpatient treatment after experiencing a suicide crisis. A qualitative methodology was used to achieve this aim. 5 adults, 3 women and 2 men, with an average age of 30.8 years, were interviewed by means of semi-structured interviews. All participants had attempted suicide no more than 1 year and no less than 1 month ago. All participants were treated in one of the VMPSC inpatient units at the time of the study. The data were analysed by thematic inductive analysis. The main themes that emerged from the data analysis were the following, which describe the factors that contribute to recovery from a suicide crisis: professional support factors, social support factors, internal resources and coping strategies, environmental influences and external factors. These themes highlight the importance of individualised professional support, as well as the importance of a sensitive and empathetic approach, acceptance from others, belonging to a group, and connection with others. At the same time, the importance of the individual's own motivation and involvement in the recovery process was also revealed. The results also highlighted a theme that reveals the individual dynamics of the process of coping with a suicide crisis. The results show that each person experiences the recovery process at an individual pace and that the process itself is different for everyone. Some of the participants in the study experience more pronounced positive changes in their condition, while others perceive their condition as not yet sufficiently recovered. |
