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“We Went Out to Explore, But Gained Nothing But Illness”: Immigration Expectations, Reality, Risk and Resilience in Chinese-Canadian Women with a History of Suicide-Related Behaviour

Abstract

Suicide is a complex and tragic outcome driven by biological, psychological, social and cultural factors. Women of Chinese descent and women who have immigrated to other countries have higher rates of suicidal ideation and behaviour, and immigration-related stress may contribute. To understand the experiences of immigration and their relationship with distress and suicide-related behaviour in Chinese women who have immigrated to Canada. 10 …

Authors

Zaheer J; Eynan R; Lam JSH; Grundland M; Links PS

Journal

Culture, Medicine, and Psychiatry, Vol. 42, No. 3, pp. 504–534

Publisher

Springer Nature

Publication Date

September 2018

DOI

10.1007/s11013-018-9566-y

ISSN

0165-005X