Qualitative Research and Suicide Seminar
Glamorgan Building, Cardiff University
2 July 2007, 10am - 4pm
The suicidology field has historically been dominated
by quantitative methodology. This is equally true of medical and
social research. There is, however, considerable potential for
developing qualitative approaches to researching suicide. This
event has been organised to bring together both researchers who
already have a common interest in such approaches and those with
an interest in using qualitative methods in future. The speakers
at this seminar have been engaged in various kinds of qualitative
inquiry related to suicide and will deliver methodologically-oriented
presentations with illustrations from recent and current projects.
Who is the seminar for?
The seminar is for academic and other researchers with an interest
in suicide who would like to share ideas about the contribution
of qualitative research to the suicide field. The audience might
include a range of people: doctoral students, suicide researchers
who are already using qualitative methods and experienced researchers
who are not familiar with qualitative approaches.
Speakers include:
Lucy Biddle (Bristol)
Christabel Owens (Exeter)
Steve Platt (Edinburgh)
Katrina Roen (Lancaster)
Jonathan Scourfield (Cardiff University)
Nicky Stanley (Central Lancashire)
There will be sessions on the following topics:
Psychological autopsy studies
In-depth interviews
Discourse analysis
Integrating qualitative and quantitative data
There will also be themed discussion groups.
To download a copy of the programme click
here (pdf file)
Seminar Presentations
Presentations from the seminar are now available for download
by clicking on a paper title below:
Young peoples understanding of suicidal
possibilities: taking a discourse analytic approach - Katrina
Roen
The use of mixed methods in the evaluation
of suicide prevention strategies and interventions - Stephen Platt
The psychological autopsy method
of studying suicide: qualitiatve approaches - Christabel Owens
Using the concept of communities in
suicide research: the RaPSS study - Nicky Stanley
A qualitatively driven sociological
autopsy of 100 suicides - Jonathan Scourfield
This event is supported by Cardiff University School of Social
Sciences, Lancaster University and the ESRC
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