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They Told Me “This Isn’t a Hotel”: Young People’s Experiences and Perceptions of Care When Presenting to the Emergency Department with Suicide-Related Behaviour

In Australia, the number of young people presenting to the emergency department with mental health concerns, in particular, suicidal behaviour (defined here as suicidal ideation, thoughts, intent and attempts) is increasing. Little is known about the experiences of Australian young people who presen...

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Autores principales: Freeman, Jacinta, Strauss, Penelope, Hamilton, Sharynne, Pugh, Charlotte, Browne, Katherine, Caren, Suzanne, Harris, Chris, Millett, Lyn, Smith, Warwick, Lin, Ashleigh
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8834737/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35162409
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19031377
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author Freeman, Jacinta
Strauss, Penelope
Hamilton, Sharynne
Pugh, Charlotte
Browne, Katherine
Caren, Suzanne
Harris, Chris
Millett, Lyn
Smith, Warwick
Lin, Ashleigh
author_facet Freeman, Jacinta
Strauss, Penelope
Hamilton, Sharynne
Pugh, Charlotte
Browne, Katherine
Caren, Suzanne
Harris, Chris
Millett, Lyn
Smith, Warwick
Lin, Ashleigh
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description In Australia, the number of young people presenting to the emergency department with mental health concerns, in particular, suicidal behaviour (defined here as suicidal ideation, thoughts, intent and attempts) is increasing. Little is known about the experiences of Australian young people who present to hospital emergency departments with suicidal behaviour. In this qualitative study, we conducted a series of focus groups with 55 young people aged 16–25 years, with a view to developing a framework for youth suicide prevention for Western Australia. The data were analysed using a general inductive analysis approach. We explored the experiences and perceptions of the care and management of 35 young people presenting to Western Australian hospital emergency departments. Participants described a range of negative experiences relating to the emergency department environment, staff attitudes and their treatment by staff. We argue that adapting ED practices and approaches to young people presenting with suicidal thoughts and behaviours based on these findings will result in lower rates of repeated presentations and admissions to hospital and lower rates of suicide attempts and deaths by suicide.
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spelling pubmed-88347372022-02-12 They Told Me “This Isn’t a Hotel”: Young People’s Experiences and Perceptions of Care When Presenting to the Emergency Department with Suicide-Related Behaviour Freeman, Jacinta Strauss, Penelope Hamilton, Sharynne Pugh, Charlotte Browne, Katherine Caren, Suzanne Harris, Chris Millett, Lyn Smith, Warwick Lin, Ashleigh Int J Environ Res Public Health Article In Australia, the number of young people presenting to the emergency department with mental health concerns, in particular, suicidal behaviour (defined here as suicidal ideation, thoughts, intent and attempts) is increasing. Little is known about the experiences of Australian young people who present to hospital emergency departments with suicidal behaviour. In this qualitative study, we conducted a series of focus groups with 55 young people aged 16–25 years, with a view to developing a framework for youth suicide prevention for Western Australia. The data were analysed using a general inductive analysis approach. We explored the experiences and perceptions of the care and management of 35 young people presenting to Western Australian hospital emergency departments. Participants described a range of negative experiences relating to the emergency department environment, staff attitudes and their treatment by staff. We argue that adapting ED practices and approaches to young people presenting with suicidal thoughts and behaviours based on these findings will result in lower rates of repeated presentations and admissions to hospital and lower rates of suicide attempts and deaths by suicide. MDPI 2022-01-26 /pmc/articles/PMC8834737/ /pubmed/35162409 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19031377 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Lin, Ashleigh
They Told Me “This Isn’t a Hotel”: Young People’s Experiences and Perceptions of Care When Presenting to the Emergency Department with Suicide-Related Behaviour
title They Told Me “This Isn’t a Hotel”: Young People’s Experiences and Perceptions of Care When Presenting to the Emergency Department with Suicide-Related Behaviour
title_full They Told Me “This Isn’t a Hotel”: Young People’s Experiences and Perceptions of Care When Presenting to the Emergency Department with Suicide-Related Behaviour
title_fullStr They Told Me “This Isn’t a Hotel”: Young People’s Experiences and Perceptions of Care When Presenting to the Emergency Department with Suicide-Related Behaviour
title_full_unstemmed They Told Me “This Isn’t a Hotel”: Young People’s Experiences and Perceptions of Care When Presenting to the Emergency Department with Suicide-Related Behaviour
title_short They Told Me “This Isn’t a Hotel”: Young People’s Experiences and Perceptions of Care When Presenting to the Emergency Department with Suicide-Related Behaviour
title_sort they told me “this isn’t a hotel”: young people’s experiences and perceptions of care when presenting to the emergency department with suicide-related behaviour
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8834737/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35162409
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19031377
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