An exploratory study of 81 Australian psychologists' attitudes towards suicide and self-harm was undertaken. Two attitudinal measures, one knowledge measure and demographic information, were used to assess the relationships between attitudes, knowledge, gender, age, years of professional experience, and previous experience with suicidal and self-harming clients. Among this sample, attitudes towards suicide and self-harm were generally positive and participants displayed high levels of knowledge of self-harm. Age and years of experience were related to participants' attitudes, with younger psychologists reporting greater confidence in working with these clients and believing in the right of an individual to decide when to die. Future research is needed to determine the impact of psychologists' attitudes on their behaviour towards suicidal and self-harming clients.
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