Informing and Sustaining Participation of Lived Experience in the Suicide Prevention Workforce

Hawgood, Jacinta; Rimkevičienė, Jurgita; Gibson, Mandy; McGrath, Martina; Edwards, Bronwen; Ross, Victoria; Kresin, Tracee; Kõlves, Kairi

doi:10.3390/ijerph20043092

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“…Working helps promote a sense of purpose and meaning [ 20 ]. Workplaces are social structures; they provide important avenues for social connectedness and are intrinsic to self-efficacy and belonging [ 21 , 22 ].…”

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Disclosure of Mental Health Problems or Suicidality at Work: A Systematic Review

McGrath

Krysińska

Reavley

et al. 2023

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Many adults experience mental health problems or suicidality. Mental health and suicidality are associated with stigma and discrimination. Little is known about disclosure of mental health or suicidality problems in workplaces and the role of stigma and discrimination in affecting disclosure. To address this gap, we conducted a systematic review following the PRISMA guidelines. Searches for peer-reviewed articles in MedLINE, CINAHL, Embase and PsycINFO identified 26 studies, including sixteen qualitative, seven quantitative and three mixed-methods studies. No studies were excluded based on quality assessment. All studies reported on mental health disclosure; none reported on disclosure of suicidal thoughts or behaviours. The narrative synthesis identified four overarching themes relating to disclosure of mental health problems in workplaces. Themes included beliefs about stigma and discrimination, workplace factors (including supports and accommodation), identity factors (including professional and personal identity, gender and intersectionality) and factors relating to the disclosure process (including timing and recipients), with all influencing disclosure decision making. Significantly, this review found that there is a gap in the existing literature relating to suicidality disclosure in workplaces, with none of the included studies investigating disclosure of suicidal thoughts and behaviours.

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Disclosure of Mental Health Problems or Suicidality at Work: A Systematic Review

McGrath

Krysińska

Reavley

et al. 2023

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“…Engaging people with lived experience in suicide prevention interventions and program development is now considered paramount for advancing suicide prevention efforts in Australia (6). The roles of lived experience experts may vary from involvement in "project co-design, development, implementation, and evaluation of programs, policy advising, awareness-raising speaker engagements, undertaking collaborative research, and supporting others who are suicidal or bereaved by suicide through peer work" (7). However, scant attention has been given to the role of lived experience in design or refinement of suicide risk assessment approaches specifically.…”

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Lived experience perspectives guiding improvements to the Systematic Tailored Assessment for Responding to Suicidality protocol

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Kõlves

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Background and aimsSuicide risk assessment protocols have traditionally been developed by clinical or research experts in suicidology, with little formal involvement of those with a lived experience of suicide. This study broadly aimed to seek lived experience perspectives of the Systematic Tailored Assessment for Responding to Suicidality (STARS) protocol A further aim was to elicit lived experience suggestions for wording and language used in the existing items within sections of the STARS protocol (STARS-p).MethodParticipants were 33 adults (Female = 64%) with a lived experience of suicide, who attended a virtual research workshop at the National Lived Experience of Suicide Summit (2021). After being educated about STARS-p, participants provided their overall perceptions of STARS-p as well as suggestions for rewording and language use across the sections of STARS-p. Their responses were gathered using a virtual online platform for live electronic data collection. A three-phase process of qualitative content analysis was used, engaging both inductive and deductive approaches to explore study aims one and two, respectively. The Consolidated Criteria for Reporting Qualitative Research was followed to enhance quality of reporting.ResultsQualitative content analysis of participants’ views of the STARS-p reflected three main categories, namely, STARS philosophy; What STARS aspires to; and Continuity of care and meeting needs. Responses characterized participants’ perceptions of the core purpose of STARS-p and ways for refining or adapting it to suit diverse needs and settings. Based on deductive content analysis, suggested modifications to wording of items and additional items to extend sections were identified.ConclusionThe study yielded novel perspectives from those with a lived experience of suicide, which will inform improvements to the next edition of STARS-p. The STARS training (required for licensed use of the protocol) will be updated accordingly, in line with these results.

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Informing and Sustaining Participation of Lived Experience in the Suicide Prevention Workforce

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Disclosure of Mental Health Problems or Suicidality at Work: A Systematic Review

Disclosure of Mental Health Problems or Suicidality at Work: A Systematic Review

Lived experience perspectives guiding improvements to the Systematic Tailored Assessment for Responding to Suicidality protocol

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