Psychological distress and attitudes of emergency personnel towards suicide attempters

Nordic Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 144-146

  Suokas, Jaana ^a,b   Suominen, Kirsi ^a,c   Lonnqvist, Jouko ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b City of Helsinki   (Finland)

^c JORVI HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Attempted suicide; Attitude; General hospital; Psychiatric hospital; Psychological distress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; NURSE ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; UNSERSTANDING SUICIDAL PATIENTS QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY SERVICES, PSYCHIATRIC; EMPATHY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 46749088675     PISSN: 08039488     EISSN: 15024725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08039480801983547     Document Type: Article

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