Exploring Health Care Professionals’ Knowledge of, Attitudes Towards, and Confidence in Caring for People at Risk of Suicide: a Systematic Review

Boukouvalas, Evelyn; El-Den, Sarira; Murphy, Andrea; Salvador‐Carulla, Luis; O’Reilly, Claire

doi:10.1080/13811118.2019.1586608

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“… 50 , 51 It is evident that suicide education is often lacking from healthcare, including pharmacy, curricula – an issue noted in the 1970s and confirmed again in 2019 as per the findings of a systematic review. 40 , 46 Mental illness and suicide prevention are public health priority areas, globally, and their omission from pharmacy curricula may stem from the lack of public health education in pharmacy curricula, more generally. 57 Mandatory, standardized basic mental health crisis education and training is needed for pharmacists to contribute to the public health response to suicide prevention and mental healthcare.…”

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Pharmacists’ roles in mental healthcare: Past, present and future

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Collins²,

Chen³

et al. 2021

Pharm Pract (Granada)

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Mental illnesses cause significant disease burden globally, with medicines being a major modality of treatment for most mental illnesses. Pharmacists are accessible and trusted healthcare professionals who have an important role in supporting people living with mental illness. This commentary discusses the role of pharmacists in mental healthcare, as part of multidisciplinary teams, the current evidence to support these roles, and the training, remuneration and policy changes needed to recognize these roles and embed pharmacists as core members of the mental healthcare team.

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Pharmacists’ roles in mental healthcare: Past, present and future

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Chen³

et al. 2021

Pharm Pract (Granada)

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“…The majority of studies looked at HCPs working in psychiatry or in emergency departments. [10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23] Only three studies focus on HCPs working in oncology. [24][25][26] None of those studies investigated the attitude-behavior relationship.…”

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Attitudes And Opinions Towards Suicidality In Professionals Working With Oncology Patients: Results From An Online Survey

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Fettel

2021

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Objective: To explore and describe attitudes and opinions towards suicidality in healthcare professionals (HCP) working with oncological patients.Methods: A 48-item online questionnaire was developed and distributed to HCPs working with cancer patients. Three hundred fifty-four answered questionnaires were analyzed.Results: The majority of HCPs reported that they were able to understand why a cancer patient would commit suicide (87.8%) or would seek help from an assisted suicide organization (ASO; 83.9%). Understandable reasons were pain and physical impairments (34.7%), social isolation (13.4%), loss of control and autonomy (12.2%), terminal disease (11.6%), loss of meaning (10.3%), desperation (9.9%), and psychic distress (6.3%). Personal experiences with suicidality lead only 44.8% of HCPs to believe that thereby they would be better able to understand a patients’ wish for suicide. Religion was negatively associated with understanding of suicide and why a cancer patient would seek help from an ASO. Knowledge of suicidality was positively associated with why a cancer patient would seek help from an ASO.Conclusions: There is still little knowledge in oncology about the relation of HCPs’ attitudes toward suicidality in their patients and how those attitudes influence their behavior, especially care and treatment of patients. More research on this topic is needed. It stands to reason that more education about suicidality in cancer patients seems likely to improve understanding and attitudes and thereby influence care for cancer patients.

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“…For example, a recent systematic review exploring healthcare professionals' confidence in caring for people at risk of suicide identified that lack of confidence in this area was attributable to inadequate suicide education and training in healthcare curricula. 20 Consequently, healthcare professionals often rely on upskilling through education and training programmes post-registration (eg, continuing professional development) to improve their knowledge of and confidence in supporting people experiencing mental health crises, such as, suicide. 20 Given the accessibility of community pharmacies, pharmacists are in an ideal position to provide a triage-style role and refer/signpost consumers to relevant healthcare professionals and local services.…”

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“…20 Consequently, healthcare professionals often rely on upskilling through education and training programmes post-registration (eg, continuing professional development) to improve their knowledge of and confidence in supporting people experiencing mental health crises, such as, suicide. 20 Given the accessibility of community pharmacies, pharmacists are in an ideal position to provide a triage-style role and refer/signpost consumers to relevant healthcare professionals and local services. Furthermore, given the physical illnesses that may arise as a result of the side effects of psychotropic medicines and symptoms of SPMI, pharmacists' roles as medicines experts enables them to support the physical healthcare of people living with SPMI.…”

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Pharmacists’ roles in supporting people living with severe and persistent mental illness: a systematic review protocol

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IntroductionSevere and persistent mental illness (SPMI) can significantly impact a person’s social, personal and professional life. Previous studies have demonstrated pharmacists’ roles in mental healthcare; however, limited studies to date have focused on pharmacists’ roles in providing healthcare services, specifically, to people living with SPMI. The aim of this systematic review is to explore the pharmacists’ roles in providing support to people living with SPMI.Methods and analysisA systematic search will be conducted in Medline, Embase (Ovid), PsycINFO, CINAHL, Web of Science, Scopus, Cochrane Library, International Pharmaceutical Abstracts and ProQuest Dissertations and Theses to identify potentially relevant primary research for inclusion. This will be guided by the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Protocols checklist for systematic reviews. All primary research publications regardless of study design exploring or reporting on pharmacists’ involvement in supporting people living with SPMI will be considered for inclusion. A tabular summary will be completed using data extracted from each included publication. Data synthesis and quality assessment methods will be chosen based on included study designs.Ethics and disseminationThe results will be published in a peer-reviewed journal and used to inform the development of a pharmacist-specific training package to support people living with SPMI.PROSPERO registration numberCRD42020170711.

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Exploring Health Care Professionals’ Knowledge of, Attitudes Towards, and Confidence in Caring for People at Risk of Suicide: a Systematic Review

Cited by 67 publications

References 61 publications

Pharmacists’ roles in mental healthcare: Past, present and future

Pharmacists’ roles in mental healthcare: Past, present and future

Attitudes And Opinions Towards Suicidality In Professionals Working With Oncology Patients: Results From An Online Survey

Pharmacists’ roles in supporting people living with severe and persistent mental illness: a systematic review protocol

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