Suicide-Related Knowledge among Italian Early Career Psychiatrists and Trainees: Results from a Cross-Sectional Survey
The training of mental health professionals is an important component of suicide-prevention programs. A cross-sectional survey was conducted in different Italian regions to evaluate knowledge of, and attitudes toward, suicide as well as the experience of a patient’s suicide or a suicide attempt in e...
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| author | Isabella Berardelli Andrea Aguglia Emanuele Cassioli Francesco Saverio Bersani Luisa Longo Mario Luciano Amedeo Minichino Jacopo Santambrogio Marco Solmi Rodolfo Rossi Michele Ribolsi Eleonora Gattoni Alessio Maria Monteleone |
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| description | The training of mental health professionals is an important component of suicide-prevention programs. A cross-sectional survey was conducted in different Italian regions to evaluate knowledge of, and attitudes toward, suicide as well as the experience of a patient’s suicide or a suicide attempt in early career psychiatrists (ECPs) and trainees (N = 338). The Suicide Knowledge and Skills Questionnaire and the Impact of a Patient’s Suicide on Professional and Personal Lives scale were administered. Furthermore, symptoms of intrusion, avoidance, and arousal were examined through the Impact of Event Scale in ECPs and trainees who had experienced the suicide of a patient or a suicide attempt. Participants with training were more confident in the clinical management of suicide-risk patients. The group with experience of a patient’s suicide reported more suicide skills except for support and supervision. Finally, the participants who reported a patient’s suicide presented a more conservative patient selection, difficulties in relationships, loss of self-esteem, dreams linked to suicide, intrusive thoughts of suicide, guilt, and anger. Our results show that knowledge of, and attitudes toward, suicide are essential in the management of suicide-risk patients. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-052de13061aa46ff9666881a301b2b602023-11-24T13:38:50ZengMDPI AGBrain Sciences2076-34252022-11-011212161910.3390/brainsci12121619Suicide-Related Knowledge among Italian Early Career Psychiatrists and Trainees: Results from a Cross-Sectional SurveyIsabella Berardelli0Andrea Aguglia1Emanuele Cassioli2Francesco Saverio Bersani3Luisa Longo4Mario Luciano5Amedeo Minichino6Jacopo Santambrogio7Marco Solmi8Rodolfo Rossi9Michele Ribolsi10Eleonora Gattoni11Alessio Maria Monteleone12Department of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Sensory Organs, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Suicide Prevention Centre, Sant’Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, Via di Grottarossa, 1035, 00189 Rome, ItalyDepartment of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health, Section of Psychiatry, University of Genoa, 16132 Genoa, ItalyPsychiatry Unit, Department of Health Sciences, University of Florence, 50134 Florence, ItalyDepartment of Human Neurosciences, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, ItalyDepartment of Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USADepartment of Psychiatry, University of Campania “L. Vanvitelli”, 80138 Naples, ItalyDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 2JD, UKSchool of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, 20900 Monza, ItalyDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, CanadaDepartment of Systems Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, ItalyUnit of Neurology, Neurophysiology, Neurobiology and Psychiatry, Department of Medicine, University Campus Bio-Medico of Rome, 00128 Rome, ItalyPsychiatry Ward, Maggiore della Carità University Hospital, 28100 Novara, ItalyDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Campania “L. Vanvitelli”, 80138 Naples, ItalyThe training of mental health professionals is an important component of suicide-prevention programs. A cross-sectional survey was conducted in different Italian regions to evaluate knowledge of, and attitudes toward, suicide as well as the experience of a patient’s suicide or a suicide attempt in early career psychiatrists (ECPs) and trainees (N = 338). The Suicide Knowledge and Skills Questionnaire and the Impact of a Patient’s Suicide on Professional and Personal Lives scale were administered. Furthermore, symptoms of intrusion, avoidance, and arousal were examined through the Impact of Event Scale in ECPs and trainees who had experienced the suicide of a patient or a suicide attempt. Participants with training were more confident in the clinical management of suicide-risk patients. The group with experience of a patient’s suicide reported more suicide skills except for support and supervision. Finally, the participants who reported a patient’s suicide presented a more conservative patient selection, difficulties in relationships, loss of self-esteem, dreams linked to suicide, intrusive thoughts of suicide, guilt, and anger. Our results show that knowledge of, and attitudes toward, suicide are essential in the management of suicide-risk patients.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/12/12/1619suicide preventionsuicide knowledgesuicide skillstraining professionals |
| spellingShingle | Isabella Berardelli Andrea Aguglia Emanuele Cassioli Francesco Saverio Bersani Luisa Longo Mario Luciano Amedeo Minichino Jacopo Santambrogio Marco Solmi Rodolfo Rossi Michele Ribolsi Eleonora Gattoni Alessio Maria Monteleone Suicide-Related Knowledge among Italian Early Career Psychiatrists and Trainees: Results from a Cross-Sectional Survey Brain Sciences suicide prevention suicide knowledge suicide skills training professionals |
| title | Suicide-Related Knowledge among Italian Early Career Psychiatrists and Trainees: Results from a Cross-Sectional Survey |
| title_full | Suicide-Related Knowledge among Italian Early Career Psychiatrists and Trainees: Results from a Cross-Sectional Survey |
| title_fullStr | Suicide-Related Knowledge among Italian Early Career Psychiatrists and Trainees: Results from a Cross-Sectional Survey |
| title_full_unstemmed | Suicide-Related Knowledge among Italian Early Career Psychiatrists and Trainees: Results from a Cross-Sectional Survey |
| title_short | Suicide-Related Knowledge among Italian Early Career Psychiatrists and Trainees: Results from a Cross-Sectional Survey |
| title_sort | suicide related knowledge among italian early career psychiatrists and trainees results from a cross sectional survey |
| topic | suicide prevention suicide knowledge suicide skills training professionals |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/12/12/1619 |
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