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Understanding suicide clusters through exploring self-harm: Semi-structured interviews with individuals presenting with near-fatal self-harm during a suicide cluster

Ann John Orcid Logo, Amanda Marchant Orcid Logo, Keith Hawton, David Gunnell, Louise Cleobury, Susan Thomson, Sarah Spencer, Michael Dennis, Keith Lloyd Orcid Logo, Jonathan Scourfield

Social Science & Medicine, Volume: 292, Start page: 114566

Swansea University Authors: Ann John Orcid Logo, Amanda Marchant Orcid Logo, Louise Cleobury, Susan Thomson, Michael Dennis, Keith Lloyd Orcid Logo

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DOI (Published version): 10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114566

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There was a highly publicised cluster of at least ten suicides in South Wales, United Kingdom, in 2007–2008. We carried out a qualitative descriptive study using cross-case thematic analysis to investigate the experiences and narratives of eight individuals who lived in the area where the cluster oc...

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Amanda Marchant
Louise Cleobury
Susan Thomson
Michael Dennis
Keith Lloyd
title_short Understanding suicide clusters through exploring self-harm: Semi-structured interviews with individuals presenting with near-fatal self-harm during a suicide cluster
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