Pengalaman Cubaan Bunuh Diri Dalam Kalangan Banduan Di Penjara Malaysia: Satu Tinjauan Awal
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Isu bunuh diri semakin banyak diperkatakan akhir-akhir ini dan peningkatan kes tidak terkecuali di penjara. Walaupun pada dasarnya penjara dianggap sebagai sebuah institusi yang terkawal dan dijaga rapi namun kejadian kes cubaan bunuh diri yang berlaku membawa kepada persoalan bagaimana perkara ini boleh terjadi. Sehubungan itu, kajian kualitatif ini bertujuan untuk meneroka pengalaman cubaan bunuh diri dalam kalangan banduan di penjara Malaysia melalui pendekatan fenomenologi deskriptif. Artikel ini bersandarkan kepada sebuah kajian rintis yang melibatkan seorang peserta kajian. Analisis tematik kemudiannya digunakan untuk menganalisis data temu bual mendalam. Dapatan awal kajian ini membawa kepada penemuan tema utama iaitu, (1) kesukaran hidup menjadi punca tekanan (2) tingkah laku mencederakan diri sebagai ekspresi emosi (3) sokongan keluarga dalam membuat perubahan diri (4) pengalaman banduan terhadap keberkesanan perkhidmatan sokongan di penjara dan (5) perasaan dendam mengakibatkan ketidakstabilan emosi. Berdasarkan kajian awal ini dapat dirumuskan bahawa tekanan emosi yang tinggi, pengasingan sosial, dan kekurangan akses kepada perkhidmatan kesihatan mental dan sokongan psikologi mempunyai hubungan dan kaitan berlaku tindakan cubaan bunuh diri dalam kalangan banduan di penjara. Kajian ini juga akan menjadi asas dan panduan yang penting kepada pengkaji untuk menjalankan kajian lanjut yang lebih mendalam terhadap peserta kajian selanjutnya dengan lebih teliti. Kesimpulannya, kajian ini menyerlahkan perlunya perhatian yang lebih besar terhadap kesejahteraan mental banduan sebagai satu sistem sokongan yang berkesan bagi mencegah kejadian cubaan bunuh diri dalam kalangan banduan di penjara, serta mencadangkan model intervensi yang diperlukan dalam menangani kejadian cubaan bunuh diri dalam kalangan populasi ini di penjara.
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