Stress reactions after a patient suicide and their relations to the profile of mental health professionals

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Dransart, Dolores Angela Castelli ^a   Heeb, Jean Luc ^a   Gulfi, Alida ^a   Gutjahr, Elisabeth M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES WESTERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

IES R; Patient suicide; Profiles of professionals; Stress reactions after patient suicide; Suicide; Support; Training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTICIPATION; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; FRENCH (LANGUAGE); HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; IMPACT OF EVENT SCALE REVISED; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MENTAL STRESS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARAMEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT CARE; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPONSIBILITY; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; SUICIDE; SWITZERLAND; TIME OF DEATH; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUICIDE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84945265211     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12888-015-0655-y     Document Type: Article

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