The attitudes of emergency staff toward attempted suicide patients. A comparative study before and after establishment of a psychiatric consultation service

Crisis

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 161-165

  Suokas, Jaana ^a,b   Suominen, Kirsi ^a,c   Lönnqvist, 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; Emergency room; Personnel

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY SERVICES, PSYCHIATRIC; FEMALE; FINLAND; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 75349090854     PISSN: 02275910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/0227-5910.30.3.161     Document Type: Article

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