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This study assessed the coping mechanisms adopted following suicide attempts among refugees in humanitarian settings in Northern Uganda. A concurrent mixed-methods design was used to study adult refugee-suicide survivors of South Sudanese origin. They were consecutively sampled across four settlements and engaged in structured, in-depth interviews. Data were analyzed in SPSS version 25 using descriptive statistics, while qualitative data were analyzed thematically. Fewer than a quarter (17%) of suicide attempts were coped with adaptively. Most refugees coped emotionally by rarely accepting sympathy and understanding (37.5%), frequently trying to keep their feelings to themselves (50.0%), self-blame (50.0%), self-isolation (62.5%), making a plan to act (37.5%), bursting out in anger and other emotions (75.0%), and having fantasies or wishes about how things might turn out (62.5%). These coping mechanisms were congruent with those identified in the qualitative exploration. 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