ReviewBJPsych open2025
Suicide-related stigma and its relationship with help-seeking, mental health, suicidality and grief: scoping review.
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- Are you worried someone in your household is at risk of suicide? Piloting ways to acceptably and feasibly increase safe firearm storage in rural Alaska.Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention · 2026Article
- Understanding adolescents' perspectives on suicide risk screening in primary care: Implications and insights for implementation and practice.PLOS mental health · 2026Article
- The crime of surviving: Suicide recriminalization and mental health in Pakistan.PLOS mental health · 2026Article
- Dynamic Longitudinal Associations Between Adolescent Help-Seeking Attitudes and Suicide Attempts.Suicide & life-threatening behavior · 2026Article
- Sex- and age-specific burden of self-harm and suicide mortality: A national and subnational study in Iran.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2026Article
- Editorial: Mental health and suicide prevention in sensory impairment populations.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2026Article
- Experiences of adults who survived suicide attempts in rural Uganda: Stigma, support systems and reintegration.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2026Article
- Understanding healthcare utilisation for aboriginal people in New South Wales prisons with histories of self-harm and suicidal behaviour: a retrospective cohort study.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Understanding the relationship between suicide-related stigma and suicidal thoughts through the lens of the Integrated Motivational-Volitional (IMV) model of suicide.BMC psychiatry · 2025Article
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- A Qualitative Study of Ecological Momentary Assessment of Suicide Risk for Persons Living With HIV in Philadelphia, PA, USA: Feasibility, Acceptability, and Ethical Implications.The Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care : JANACArticle
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Abstract
backgroundSuicide-related stigma (i.e. negative attitudes towards people with suicidal thoughts and/or behaviours as well as those bereaved by suicide) is a potential risk factor for suicide and mental health problems. To date, there has been no scoping review investigating the association between suicide-related stigma and mental health, help-seeking, suicide and grief across several groups affected by suicide.
aimsTo determine the nature of the relationship between suicide-related stigma and mental health, help-seeking, grief (as a result of suicide bereavement) and suicide risk.
methodThis review was registered with PROSPERO (CRD42022327093). Five databases (Web of Science, APA PsycInfo, Embase, ASSIA and PubMed) were searched, with the final update in May 2024. Studies were included if they were published in English between 2000 and 2024 and assessed both suicide-related stigma AND one of the following: suicide, suicidal thoughts or suicidal behaviours, help-seeking, grief or other mental health variables. Following screening of 14 994 studies, 100 eligible studies were identified. Following data charting, cross-checking was conducted to ensure no relevant findings were missed.
resultsFindings across the studies were mixed. However, most commonly, suicide-related stigma was associated with higher levels of suicide risk, poor mental health, lowered help-seeking and grief-related difficulties. A model of suicide-related stigma has been developed to display the directionality of these associations.
conclusionsThis review emphasises the importance of reducing the stigma associated with suicide and suicidal behaviour to improve outcomes for individuals affected by suicide. It also identifies gaps in our knowledge as well as providing suggestions for future research.
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