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Addressing Suicide Risk According to Different Healthcare Professionals in Spain: A Qualitative Study

This study analyzes the views of four groups of healthcare professionals who may play a role in the management of suicidal behavior. The goal was to identify key factors for suicide prevention in different areas of the healthcare system. Qualitative research was conducted using focus groups made up...

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Autores principales: Muñoz-Sánchez, Juan-Luis, Sánchez-Gómez, María Cruz, Martín-Cilleros, María Victoria, Parra-Vidales, Esther, de Leo, Diego, Franco-Martín, Manuel A.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6210587/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30261622
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15102117
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author Muñoz-Sánchez, Juan-Luis
Sánchez-Gómez, María Cruz
Martín-Cilleros, María Victoria
Parra-Vidales, Esther
de Leo, Diego
Franco-Martín, Manuel A.
author_facet Muñoz-Sánchez, Juan-Luis
Sánchez-Gómez, María Cruz
Martín-Cilleros, María Victoria
Parra-Vidales, Esther
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description This study analyzes the views of four groups of healthcare professionals who may play a role in the management of suicidal behavior. The goal was to identify key factors for suicide prevention in different areas of the healthcare system. Qualitative research was conducted using focus groups made up of different healthcare professionals who participated in the identification, management, and prevention of suicidal behavior. Professionals included were primary care physicians, psychologists, psychiatrists, and emergency physicians. ‘Suicide’ was amongst the most relevant terms that came up in discussions most of the times it appeared associated with words such as ‘risk’, danger’, or ‘harm’. In the analysis by categories, the four groups of professionals agreed that interventions in at-risk behaviors are first in importance. Prevention was the second main concern with greater significance among psychiatrists. Primary care professionals call for more time to address patients at risk for suicide and easier access to and communication with the mental health network. Emergency care professionals have a lack of awareness of their role in the detection of risk for suicide in patients who seek attention at emergency care facilities for reasons of general somatic issues. Mental health care professionals are in high demand in cases of self-harm, but they would like to receive specific training in dealing with suicidal behavior.
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spelling pubmed-62105872018-11-02 Addressing Suicide Risk According to Different Healthcare Professionals in Spain: A Qualitative Study Muñoz-Sánchez, Juan-Luis Sánchez-Gómez, María Cruz Martín-Cilleros, María Victoria Parra-Vidales, Esther de Leo, Diego Franco-Martín, Manuel A. Int J Environ Res Public Health Article This study analyzes the views of four groups of healthcare professionals who may play a role in the management of suicidal behavior. The goal was to identify key factors for suicide prevention in different areas of the healthcare system. Qualitative research was conducted using focus groups made up of different healthcare professionals who participated in the identification, management, and prevention of suicidal behavior. Professionals included were primary care physicians, psychologists, psychiatrists, and emergency physicians. ‘Suicide’ was amongst the most relevant terms that came up in discussions most of the times it appeared associated with words such as ‘risk’, danger’, or ‘harm’. In the analysis by categories, the four groups of professionals agreed that interventions in at-risk behaviors are first in importance. Prevention was the second main concern with greater significance among psychiatrists. Primary care professionals call for more time to address patients at risk for suicide and easier access to and communication with the mental health network. Emergency care professionals have a lack of awareness of their role in the detection of risk for suicide in patients who seek attention at emergency care facilities for reasons of general somatic issues. Mental health care professionals are in high demand in cases of self-harm, but they would like to receive specific training in dealing with suicidal behavior. MDPI 2018-09-26 2018-10 /pmc/articles/PMC6210587/ /pubmed/30261622 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15102117 Text en © 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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