Does a brief training on suicide prevention among general hospital personnel impact their baseline attitudes towards suicidal behavior?

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 100, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 233-239

  Berlim, Marcelo T ^a   Perizzolo, Juliana ^a   Lejderman, Fernando ^a   Fleck, Marcelo P ^a   Joiner, Thomas E ^b  

^a HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Deliberate Self Harm; Evaluation; General Hospital; Suicide Risk; Training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSING ASSISTANT; PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE; TRAINING;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUICIDE; TEACHING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34249281961     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2006.09.035     Document Type: Article

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