title: Exploring vulnerability to suicide in the developmental history of young men: a psychological autopsy study.
abstract: This study explores the developmental history of ten young men who completed suicide in the transition to adulthood. The young men, aged 18-30, had no previous history of suicide attempts or treatment in mental health. In-depth interviews with four to eight informants for each suicide were analyzed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. Three developmental issues from early age onwards emerged: (a) unsuccessful in becoming independent; (b) weakened competence to deal with shame; and (c) trapped in anger. The capacity to regulate emotions like shame and anger could make certain men vulnerable to suicide when facing adult challenges and defeats.
authors.affiliation: a Division of Mental Health , Norwegian Institute of Public Health , Oslo , Norway.
authors.forename: Mette L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Rasmussen
authors.forename: Hanne
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Haavind
authors.forename: Gudrun
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dieserud
authors.forename: Kari
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Dyregrov
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D001344:Autopsy; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008297:Male; D010551:Personality; D012649:Self Concept; D012752:Shame; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology*; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000523:psychology; D055815:Young Adult