Patients at risk of suicide and their meaning in life experiences

Patients in specialist mental healthcare services who are at risk of suicide may experience their struggles as existential in nature. Yet, research on meaning in life has been relatively scarce in suicidology. This qualitative study aimed to explore how patients at risk of suicide perceived their en...

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Authors: Søberg, Ane Inger Bondahl (Author) ; Danbolt, Lars Johan 1955- (Author) ; Sørensen, Torgeir 1969- (Author) ; Haug, Sigrid Helene Kjørven (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: SAGE Publishing 2023
In: Archive for the psychology of religion
Year: 2023, Volume: 45, Issue: 1, Pages: 85-103
Further subjects:B Existential themes
B suicidology
B patients at risk of suicide
B Qualitative Study
B meaning in life
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