Suicide-Related Knowledge and Attitudes among a Sample of Mental Health Professionals

Erbuto, Denise; Berardelli, Isabella; Sarubbi, Salvatore; Rogante, Elena; Sparagna, Alice; Nigrelli, Gaia; Lester, David; Innamorati, Marco; Pompili, Maurizio

doi:10.3390/ijerph18168296

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“…4 Training on mental health have improved attitudes of health professionals' attitudes towards mental illnesses and suicide prevention. [5][6][7] These effects could be attributable to the impact of training, knowledge, academics, culture, societal background.…”

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“…[1][2][3] Improving literacy on mental health, decreasing stigma, utilizing the knowledge base to change attitude and behavior, early recognition, appropriate referral in time to bridge the mental health gap is a high priority need of current times to deal efficiently the huge burden of mental health problems affecting lives from all spheres. [4][5][6][7] Widespread misinformation, myths, stigma, lack of knowledge, resource constraints all are causing treatment barriers. Literacy of suicide can be one important dimension to be improved bringing out changes in attitudes, behavior, stigma reduction ultimately empowering the suicide reduction campaigns.…”

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Literacy of Suicide among Doctors and Nurses at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Nepal

Shah

Neupane²,

Sah³

2022

J Coll Med Sci-Nepal

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Introduction: Increased knowledge and improved attitudes about suicide are important factors for suicide-prevention strategies. Not only mental health professionals and public, but doctors and nurses working in other departments and general hospitals, especially in resource limited low-middle income country like Nepal, need to be knowledgeable identifying and making appropriate referrals for mental health issues and suicidal patients. This study was conducted to assess doctors and nurses’ literacy of suicide at a tertiary care government center in Nepal. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional questionnaire-based study was conducted among doctors and nurses working at the hospital. Literacy of suicide scale was utilized to assess the status of literacy regarding suicide among 188 study participants. Descriptive statistics were applied. Results: The total mean literacy of suicide scale (LOSS) score was calculated to be 13.07 (SD=3.65). Higher number of participants, 117 (62.2%) scored above mean on total LOSS score. Performance was the poorest on recognizing the signs of suicide while it was best on identifying the cause of suicide. People with relationship problems or financial problems have a higher risk of suicide was correctly identified by 89.9% of the participants. While only 60 (31.9%) participants correctly answered item “men are more likely to suicide than women” from the domain risk. Conclusions: Majority of nurses and doctors performed better on the literacy of suicide scale. Health professionals were found knowledgeable about suicide. Those with higher level of education, specialization and training in mental health scored higher. Future studies among various categories of population and association of level of literacy and attitude, practices is needed.

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Literacy of Suicide among Doctors and Nurses at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Nepal

Shah

Neupane²,

Sah³

2022

J Coll Med Sci-Nepal

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“…Also, 69.3% of the nurses stated that they had not received information on intervention in patients at risk of suicide. The researchers reported that between 44% and 84.5% of nurses had not received information on intervention in patients at risk of suicide (Erbuto et al, 2021; Fry et al, 2019; Ramberg et al, 2016). One study revealed that nurses were forced to plan their own strategies to manage patients at risk of suicide, because they had received no training (Marutani et al, 2016).…”

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Suicide literacy in nurses: A cross‐sectional study

Karakaya

Özparlak

Önder

2022

Journal of Clinical Nursing

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Aims and Objectives:This study is a cross-sectional study aiming to determine the suicide literacy level of nurses and to examine the relationship between nurses' suicide literacy and certain variables.Background: Suicide literacy in nurses is a factor which affects knowledge levels.The level of suicide literacy in nurses may affect the care given to patients and the behaviour of obtaining help in relation to themselves. Methods:The study was conducted with 348 nurses between January and March 2020 at a hospital in the city of Antalya in Turkey. A personal information form and the Literacy of Suicide Scale (LOSS) were used to collect data. Descriptive statistical methods were used in data analysis. Stepwise multiple linear regression analysis was performed to determine the predictors of suicide literacy. The STROBE checklist was followed for this cross-sectional study. Results:The nurses' mean score on LOSS was 11.08 ± 3.92. Significant predictors of suicide literacy in nurses were being single, working in the emergency department, having previous experience in the psychiatry clinic, not having a mental illness, having suicide attempts in the family, having previously obtained information on intervention on individuals at risk of suicide and stating that their sources of information on this topic were nursing education and the Internet. These variables explained 19.8% of the variance in suicide literacy. Conclusions:The nurses' suicide literacy was at a low level. It is recommended that education programs on the care of patients at risk of suicide be set up for all nurses working in general clinics.Relevance to Clinical Practice: It is important to raise the levels of suicide literacy in nurses in order to provide better quality care to patients who are at risk of suicide. Also, raising levels of suicide literacy may strengthen nurses' behaviours in seeking help for themselves.

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“…In this framework, improved knowledge and attitudes about suicide risk may allow ECPs and trainees to better identify patients with suicidal ideation and suicidal attempts, increasing suicide-prevention strategies. To our knowledge, only a few papers investigated knowledge and attitudes toward suicide among mental health professionals [ 17 , 18 ]. Jiao et al compared knowledge and attitudes toward suicide in a sample of 187 psychiatrists from different psychiatric hospitals in Shanghai versus 548 urban community members [ 17 ].…”

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“…Results showed that psychiatrists presented more stigmatizing beliefs about suicide, although they considered suicide an important social concern. Furthermore, Erbuto and coworkers demonstrated that healthcare professionals, who reported a patient’s suicide, had more suicide skills and an increased tendency to hospitalize suicide-risk patients in a psychiatric unit than professionals who had not reported a patient’s suicide [ 18 ].…”

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Suicide-Related Knowledge among Italian Early Career Psychiatrists and Trainees: Results from a Cross-Sectional Survey

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The training of mental health professionals is an important component of suicide-prevention programs. A cross-sectional survey was conducted in different Italian regions to evaluate knowledge of, and attitudes toward, suicide as well as the experience of a patient’s suicide or a suicide attempt in early career psychiatrists (ECPs) and trainees (N = 338). The Suicide Knowledge and Skills Questionnaire and the Impact of a Patient’s Suicide on Professional and Personal Lives scale were administered. Furthermore, symptoms of intrusion, avoidance, and arousal were examined through the Impact of Event Scale in ECPs and trainees who had experienced the suicide of a patient or a suicide attempt. Participants with training were more confident in the clinical management of suicide-risk patients. The group with experience of a patient’s suicide reported more suicide skills except for support and supervision. Finally, the participants who reported a patient’s suicide presented a more conservative patient selection, difficulties in relationships, loss of self-esteem, dreams linked to suicide, intrusive thoughts of suicide, guilt, and anger. Our results show that knowledge of, and attitudes toward, suicide are essential in the management of suicide-risk patients.

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Suicide-Related Knowledge and Attitudes among a Sample of Mental Health Professionals

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Literacy of Suicide among Doctors and Nurses at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Nepal

Literacy of Suicide among Doctors and Nurses at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Nepal

Suicide literacy in nurses: A cross‐sectional study

Suicide-Related Knowledge among Italian Early Career Psychiatrists and Trainees: Results from a Cross-Sectional Survey

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