A crisis responder’s experience with youth suicide: a self-case study approach

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dc.contributor.authorTzotzolis, Despina
dc.contributor.examiningcommitteeFrankel, Sid (Social Work) Mignone, Javier (Family Social Sciences)en_US
dc.contributor.supervisorPiotrowski, Caroline C. (Family Social Sciences)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-09-11T17:19:16Z
dc.date.available2013-09-11T17:19:16Z
dc.date.issued2013-09-11
dc.degree.disciplineFamily Social Sciencesen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Science (M.Sc.)en_US
dc.description.abstractThe main goal of this research project was to explore the question “What is the crisis responder’s experience with youth suicide?” The primary researcher was a crisis responder who, over the course of seven years, worked in the field of crisis intervention and encountered situations involving youth suicidality. Research has shown that exposure to youth suicide can produce dramatic effects upon the perceptions and meaning of work for crisis responders. A self-case study approach based upon heuristic concepts and processes was utilized for the present study because a first-person account enabled the uncovering of phases of effects of exposure to suicidality, including immersion, incubation, and illumination. These phases were applied to clarify the nature of the lived experience of a crisis responder working in Manitoba, Canada on a mobile crisis team. Insight into the phenomenon was gained by synthesizing the personal experiences of being a crisis responder, and contextualizing it within the theoretical and empirical literature on exposure to suicidality. Based on current findings, directions for future research and implications for the professional development of crisis responder practitioners experiencing youth suicide were provided. The ramifications of long term service within this area were also explored.en_US
dc.description.noteOctober 2013en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1993/22169
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsopen accessen_US
dc.subjectcrisis responseen_US
dc.subjectyouth suicideen_US
dc.subjectvicarious traumaen_US
dc.titleA crisis responder’s experience with youth suicide: a self-case study approachen_US
dc.typemaster thesisen_US
local.subject.manitobayesen_US
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