To characterize how disclosure of suicide or severe emotional distress functions socially in rural eastern Uganda: who people have disclosed to, what happened, what harms resulted, who they would want involved in future support, and under what conditions they would want support activated on their behalf.
Inclusion Criteria:
Meets at least one of the following:
Able and willing to provide informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
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Participants whose disclosure led to a supportive response. Interviews explore what made it work: who they told, how they told them, what the person did, and what conditions enabled a positive outcome.
Participants who experienced social harm after disclosure (whether voluntary or involuntary). Interviews reconstruct the harm sequence: what happened, who was involved, what the consequences were, and what could have prevented it.
Participants who have experienced severe distress but never told anyone. Interviews explore what prevented disclosure, what they feared, and what would have to be different for them to feel safe disclosing.
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