2018
Suicide in Nepal: Qualitative Findings from a Modified Case-Series Psychological Autopsy Investigation of Suicide Deaths
Hagaman AK, Khadka S, Wutich A, Lohani S, Kohrt BA. Suicide in Nepal: Qualitative Findings from a Modified Case-Series Psychological Autopsy Investigation of Suicide Deaths. Culture, Medicine, And Psychiatry 2018, 42: 704-734. PMID: 29881930, PMCID: PMC6286252, DOI: 10.1007/s11013-018-9585-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPublic health gapsAnthropological scholarshipMigrant labourFamily membersCross-cultural researchAnthropological approachPower dynamicsSpousal abuseCircumstances of suicidePsychological autopsy approachLack of educationCultural narrativesFamily disputesSouth AsiaQualitative findingsSocial stigmaSuicide narrativesImmediate family membersResearch approachSuicide deathsRural NepalSurvivors of suicideNarrative reconstructionHealth gapAutopsy approach
2017
Suicide in Nepal: a modified psychological autopsy investigation from randomly selected police cases between 2013 and 2015
Hagaman AK, Khadka S, Lohani S, Kohrt B. Suicide in Nepal: a modified psychological autopsy investigation from randomly selected police cases between 2013 and 2015. Social Psychiatry And Psychiatric Epidemiology 2017, 52: 1483-1494. PMID: 28856382, PMCID: PMC5705471, DOI: 10.1007/s00127-017-1433-6.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2016
An Investigation into Suicides Among Bhutanese Refugees Resettled in the United States Between 2008 and 2011
Hagaman AK, Sivilli TI, Ao T, Blanton C, Ellis H, Lopes Cardozo B, Shetty S. An Investigation into Suicides Among Bhutanese Refugees Resettled in the United States Between 2008 and 2011. Journal Of Immigrant And Minority Health 2016, 18: 819-827. PMID: 26758579, PMCID: PMC4905799, DOI: 10.1007/s10903-015-0326-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsResettlement servicesRefugee communitiesRefugee servicesBhutanese refugeesRefugee populationsLack of careSelf-inflicted deathUnited StatesSocial supportFamily withdrawalPotential future avenuesPsychological autopsyFuture avenuesMigrantsRefugeesServicesMental healthSuicidal actsIntegration difficultiesSuicideMore researchCommunityDisappointmentActsExperience
2013
Suicide in rural Haiti: Clinical and community perceptions of prevalence, etiology, and prevention
Hagaman AK, Wagenaar BH, McLean KE, Kaiser BN, Winskell K, Kohrt BA. Suicide in rural Haiti: Clinical and community perceptions of prevalence, etiology, and prevention. Social Science & Medicine 2013, 83: 61-69. PMID: 23465205, DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.01.032.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCommunity membersLay community membersFormal health systemQualitative data analysisInterpretive phenomenological analysisRural HaitiDepth interviewsCommunity perceptionsHealthcare workersCommunity supportReligious practicesChristian concernContextual factorsReligious perspectivePhenomenological analysisDual perspectiveSuch researchGlobal public health problemHaitiMiddle-income countriesWorkersExplanatory modelsPublic health problemTrue intentHealth system