摘要：Objective:This study aimed at exploring the attempters'perception of community social services included any barriers to seeking help and ***:The participants were patients with self-harming behavior aged 15 years or above.A set of guiding questions were designed to explore the general barriers and accessibility to community social services.A voice recording was made,which was later converted into a text transcript and then preceded for content analysis with co-occurrence and similarity matrix *** males and nine females with a history of self-harm aged between 24 and 58 years were recruited for the ***:The participants had diverse experiences and backgrounds,and attitudes toward community social ***,there was a shared perception of the need to enhance community social *** were four main themes and 12 sub themes *** main theme included the service availability,service accessibility,affordability and *** details,participants were unaware of the available types of care/social services in the community,and were unaware about the nearby social *** also suggested extending service hours and focused services should be offered to help people with different backgrounds and ***,those with experience of service utilization had both positive and negative perspectives and they gave suggestions for service delivery,mainly extending service hours and offering focused services such as for gambling control and financial *** view of interaction with service providers,counseling skills and trust were highly appreciated by the ***:The results identified common circumstances of falling into financial hardship(gambling)and social fragmentation(divorce,poor family relationships,and poor marital relationships),which also suggested to enhance services on center location,service arrangement,and skill of caregivers.