Attitudes of Japanese nursing personnel toward patients who have attempted suicide

Attitudes of nursing professionals towards suicidal behavior: influence of emotional intelligence

“…Professionals with better acceptance levels of suicidal behavior reveal greater probabilities of positive health care delivery to suicidal patients (19) . Previous studies confirmed greater understanding of patients with suicidal behavior among mental health professionals (20)(21) . Mental health nursing professionals have been trained to deliver care to psychiatric patients and are more confident to treat suicidal patients.…”

“…Recommendations for health professionals to get education and training have been justified in countless studies (4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21) , with a view to better self-knowledge on their perceptions and feelings, so as to permit a change in attitudes towards suicidal behavior. The inclusion of emotional intelligence competences in nursing curricula is recommended (12) .…”

Training workshop on caring for suicide attempters implemented by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan

“…The questionnaire consisted of the 11-item Understanding Suicide Patient Scale (UPS) and six additional items, developed by Samuelsson et al 2 and Kishi et al, 3 respectively. While the items of the UPS are not categorized, the UPS asks about understanding and/or willingness except for one item ('A person who has made several suicide attempts is at great risk of committing suicide.').…”

“…4 Resting motor threshold changes in vagus nerve stimulation-treated patients during on/off-stimulation conditions doi:10.1111/pcn.12000 T HE EFFECTIVENESS OF repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) and vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) in the treatment of refractory major depression has been demonstrated in several studies. [1][2][3][4][5] rTMS treatment includes the determination of the resting motor threshold (rMT), which defines treatment intensity and is based upon the excitability of the motor cortex. During treatment courses of several weeks, systematic changes in rMT have not been described.…”

“…During treatment courses of several weeks, systematic changes in rMT have not been described. 2,3 Based upon this combination therapy, we examined rMT in three male patients with therapy-resistant depression (mean age, 47.4 Ϯ 6.8 years; Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, 20.5 Ϯ 4.0; Cyberonics ® model 102, Cyberonics, Houston, TX, USA; VNS parameters: 1.25 mA, 10 Hz, 30 s on time, 5 min off time). The patients gave informed consent to publish this letter.…”