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“I think I am worth it. I can give up committing suicide”: Pathways to recovery for Chinese-Canadian women with a history of suicidal behaviour

Abstract

This qualitative study explored the experiences and patterns of recovery of Chinese-born women living in Canada with a history of suicidal behaviour. It explores a number of dimensions of recovery including clinical, existential, functional, physical, and social. The women described engaging in "survival" recovery in the short term and "thriving" recovery in the long term, with survival strategies extending into the thriving phase of recovery …

Authors

Zaheer J; Shera W; Sing Hong Lam J; Fung WLA; Law S; Links PS

Journal

Transcultural Psychiatry, Vol. 56, No. 2, pp. 305–326

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Publication Date

4 2019

DOI

10.1177/1363461518818276

ISSN

1363-4615