Medical Students and Suicide Prevention: Training, Education, and Personal Risks

Frontiers in Psychology

Carla Gramaglia¹ 

关键词: medical students;    suicide;    prevention;    risk;    education;    training;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00452

学科分类：心理学（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Exposure to suicidal patients is widespread among psychiatrist and psychiatric nurses, but also among general practitioners, emergency clinicians, and nurses (Palmieri et al., 2008). Patients who attempt suicide are more likely to have contact with their primary care provider than a mental health provider in the month before attempting suicide (Lake, 2008). Hence, it will often be up to medical personnel, beyond psychiatrists, to encounter suicide attempters. Regrettably, depression and the related risk for suicide are still largely underrecognized in primary care settings and emergency rooms (Lake, 2008). To improve diagnostic skills and competency in suicide ideation (SI) assessment, specific training is needed because it could greatly contribute to suicide prevention (Palmieri et al., 2008). Educational strategies to increase SI assessment performance should be available to all professions involved in general and psychosocial patient care (Mospan et al., 2017), starting from medical and residency schools.

【 授权许可】

CC BY