Year
2018
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy
Department
School of Medicine
Abstract
Men are overrepresented in suicidal fatalities in Australia. Telephone crisis helplines are an important first point of contact for help-giving by providing an immediate and accessible service through which suicidal men can be identified and supported to seek ongoing mental-health support. However, the time- and information-limited crisis helpline context poses difficulties for the identification of suicidal men by Telephone Crisis Workers (TCWs), particularly if the caller does not directly express suicidal intent. Consequently, this thesis aims to examine the extent to which a particular characteristic , i.e. the caller’s perceived gender, impacts the way in which TCWs interpret and respond to callers expressing signs of suicide. This thesis contains eight chapters including five peer-reviewed articles.
Recommended Citation
Hunt, Tara Yasmin, The impact of gender on telephone crisis workers’ identification of, and response to, male callers’ potential suicidal presentation, Doctor of Philosophy thesis, School of Medicine, University of Wollongong, 2018. https://ro.uow.edu.au/theses1/725
FoR codes (2008)
170105 Gender Psychology, 111714 Mental Health, 170106 Health, Clinical and Counselling Psychology
Unless otherwise indicated, the views expressed in this thesis are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of the University of Wollongong.