@article{ref1,
title="Mental health of gatekeepers may influence their own attitudes toward suicide: a questionnaire survey from a suicide-prevention gatekeeper training program",
journal="Asian journal of psychiatry",
year="2019",
author="Midorikawa, Haruhiko and Tachikawa, Hirokazu and Nemoto, Kiyotaka and Morita, Nobuaki and Shiratori, Yuki and Endo, Go and Taguchi, Takaya and Arai, Tetsuaki",
volume="47",
number="",
pages="e101842-e101842",
abstract="AIMS: We aimed to investigate the association between general mental health and attitudes toward suicide of participants in suicide-prevention gatekeeper training programs. <br><br>METHODS: We conducted a number of half day training seminars within a suicide prevention program addressing gatekeepers. Participants filled in two questionnaires, one measuring general health (General Health Questionnaire, GHQ-12), and one measuring attitudes towards suicide (ATTS). <br><br>RESULTS: The total sample size of participants was 230, of whom 115 completed questionnaires. There were no significant differences in demographic backgrounds between the good mental health (GHQ-12 ≤ 4) and the poor mental health (GHQ-12 ≥ 5) groups. The poor mental health group was more likely to think that people have the right to commit suicide. <br><br>CONCLUSION: There was a difference in attitudes toward suicide between the good mental health and the poor mental health groups, indicating that attention should be paid to participants' mental health when conducting suicide-prevention gatekeeper training.<br><br>Copyright © 2019 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1876-2018",
doi="10.1016/j.ajp.2019.101842",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajp.2019.101842"
}