Data were collected from the out-patient clinic of one medical
centre's hospital in Taiwan during 2011 and 2012. Before collecting
data, this study was approved by one medical centre's hospital
institutional review board (no. 100-111) and the university ethics
committee (no. 99-013). Each participant received oral and written
information regarding the purpose of the research; were informed of
their rights and signed the consent form. The researcher notified the
participants that they had the right to refuse to participate. Even
though, they had signed the informed consent, they could withdraw
from the study without any excuse and they were free to refuse to
answer any of the questions. The researcher guaranteed the
participants that all interview data would keep in confidence and
that their responses would be anonymously coded. They were also
informed that a paper would be submitted for publication.
Subsequently, participants were interviewed once, in a conversation room in the hospital, for approximately 60 minutes, using a
semi-structured interview guide. The initial interview guide comprised four themes namely: (1) the internal and external resources
that enabled individuals to heal from their suicide attempt, (2) the
environment or circumstances that helped individuals stop their
suicide attempt, (3) positive thoughts or happenings that prohibited
individuals from re-attempting suicide in the past year, and (4)
negative thoughts or happening that postponed the restorative
process after their suicide attempt.