@article{ref1,
title="The attitudes of preclinical and clinical Turkish medical students toward suicide attempters",
journal="Crisis",
year="2011",
author="Sevinç, Hacer and Uzunoglu, Zeynep and Emul, Murat and Arikan, Kemal and Erkut, Dervi and Yılmaz, Cala and Güzel, Cidem",
volume="32",
number="3",
pages="128-133",
abstract="Background: Interest in studies of stigma toward patients with mental disorders is growing. Research on the attitudes of medical students toward suicide attempters does not exist; although as medical personnel, they will encounter suicide attempters in emergency rooms. Aims: We aimed to investigate the attitudes of preclinical and clinical medical students toward suicide attempters and to compare their attitudes with nonmedical students. Methods: Participants were asked to fill out questionnaires those were searching the attitudes toward suicide attempters. These questionnaires used a social distance scale, skillfulness assessment scale, and dangerousness scale. Results: More than 73% of students had a negative attitude toward &quot;renting a room of their home to a suicide attempter.&quot; More than 90% would not want &quot;a suicide attempter to supervise their children for few hours.&quot; Significantly more preclinical than clinical students would not want their children to marry a suicide attempter. Conclusions: Social distance, skillfulness, and attitudes concerning the dangerousness of suicide attempters are problematic for medical students and need educational intervention.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0227-5910",
doi="10.1027/0227-5910/a000065",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1027/0227-5910/a000065"
}