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

Effects of a Training Workshop on Suicide Prevention Among Emergency Room Nurses

“…Following the introduction of the Basic Suicide Prevention Law in 2006, a project providing a training workshop on caring for suicide attempters was started by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare in 2008 and is ongoing. The 1-day training workshop primarily targets emergency medical staff and involves lectures and case studies (Hirata et al, 2013). The aim of the present investigation was to evaluate the effect of a training program for emergency room nursing personnel.…”

Clear Trends in Panic Disorder with a Possibility of Suicide Risk

“…Psychiatric disorders have been found to be one of the main background factors in cases of suicide . Therefore, suicide prevention measures (Hirata et al, 2013;Inoue & Fujita, 2013;Takeshima et al, 2015) take that psychiatric disorders into consideration have become increasingly important over the past few years. We examined the features of panic disorder with an increased suicide risk from two viewpoints in this report.…”