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The need for a friendly environment emerged in the findings of thecurrent study. Participants stated that they felt people were friendlywhen others accepted them. Further, they expressed that they hadattempted suicide because they thought they had ‘failed in life’, ‘thatlife was meaningless’ and they could not ‘accept’ themselves at thisperiod of time. Consequently, when they felt accepted by others, thishelped them to accept themselves. These findings corroborate thoseof Wiklander et al. (2003), who reported that the suicide patients intheir study who experienced hospital personnel as being kind,nonjudgmental, and respectful seemed more able to transform theirfeelings of shame and were more able to accept themselves. However,some earlier studies noted that some health professionals adoptjudgmental attitudes towards people who repeat suicide attempts orwho used non-lethal methods to attempt suicide, such as drugoverdosing or wrist cutting (Bailey, 1994; Ramon, 1980; Suokas &Lonnqvist, 1989). Health professionals play an important role incaring for people who are at risk of suicide. Therefore, it isfundamental for all health professionals to espouse caring andempathic attitudes towards individuals who attempt and re-attemptregardless of method chosen. More education is needed on suicide,suicide prevention and care (Brunero, Smith, Bates, & Fairbrother,2008; Chan, Chien, & Tso, 2008; Sun, Long, Huang, & Chiang, 2011).The participants in this study stated that their recovery was a longand difficult journey and that, at times, they wanted to give up whenthey suffered painful life experiences, or when their mental disorderbecame unstable. Therefore, people who attempted suicide needsupport networks from a range of people who can help themovercome, or cope with their situation and reduce their stress. Theevidence in the current study demonstrated that healthy supportsystems facilitate the healing process. Most of participants in thisstudy received support from their family and friends and from mentalhealth professionals. However, people who want to recover from theirsuicide attempts should also seek support from social groups becauseincreased social support has been found to reduce suicide attempts(McLean et al., 2008; You, Van Orden, & Conner, 2010). Moreover, inthe current study, participants explained that they received supportfrom their religion because their religious beliefs generally discouragedsuicide and because they received support from the congregation.These findings support those of McLean et al. (2008); Molock,Puri, Matlin, and Barksdale (2006) and Robins and Fiske (2009).Conversely, some participants complained that they experiencedsome painful experiences that impeded the healing process. Exampleswere inner psyche-problems, family problems and environmentalproblems such as financial problems. Another major problem thatimpeded the healing process was that some of the participantsreduced, or stopped taking their medication especially when theircondition improved. They wanted to prove to themselves that theyhad completely recovered from their depression and their suicideattempt. However, their conditions deteriorated when they took theseactions with their medications. These findings corroborate those ofSimon and Savarino (2007), who explored the time patterns of suicideattempts among outpatients starting depression treatment withmedication or psychotherapy. Findings demonstrated that theincidence of suicide attempts was highest in the month beforestarting treatment and next highest in the month after startingtreatment. Thereafter, the incidence levels declined. The importanceof patients being educated about their medication ramifications isparamount. Further, following discharge from hospital patient shouldbe followed-up in the community to ensure that they are taking theirmedications as prescribed.
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