Self-harm attempters' perception of community services and its implication on service provision.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aimed at exploring the attempters' perception of community social services included any barriers to seeking help and services.

Method

The participants were patients with self-harming behavior aged 15 years or above. A set of guiding questions were designed to explore the general barriers and accessibility to community social services. A voice recording was made, which was later converted into a text transcript and then preceded for content analysis with co-occurrence and similarity matrix interpretation. Two males and nine females with a history of self-harm aged between 24 and 58 years were recruited for the interviews.

Result

The participants had diverse experiences and backgrounds, and attitudes toward community social services. However, there

SUBMITTER: Leung M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6608664 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature