TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2017//
TI  - Development of a 2-h suicide prevention program for medical staff including nurses and medical residents: a two-center pilot trial
JO  - Journal of affective disorders
A1  - Nakagami, Yukako
A1  - Kubo, Hiroaki
A1  - Katsuki, Ryoko
A1  - Sakai, Tomomichi
A1  - Sugihara, Genichi
A1  - Naito, Chisako
A1  - Oda, Hiroyuki
A1  - Hayakawa, Kohei
A1  - Suzuki, Yuriko
A1  - Fujisawa, Daisuke
A1  - Hashimoto, Naoki
A1  - Kobara, Keiji
A1  - Cho, Tetsuji
A1  - Kuga, Hironori
A1  - Takao, Kiyoshi
A1  - Kawahara, Yoko
A1  - Matsumura, Yumi
A1  - Murai, Toshiya
A1  - Akashi, Koichi
A1  - Kanba, Shigenobu
A1  - Otsuka, Kotaro
A1  - Kato, Takahiro A.
SP  - 569
EP  - 576
VL  - 225
IS  - 
N2  - BACKGROUND: Suicide is a crucial global health concern and effective suicide prevention has long been warranted. Mental illness, especially depression is the highest risk factor of suicide. Suicidal risk is increased in people not only with mental illness but also with physical illnesses, thus medical staff caring for physically-ill patients are also required to manage people with suicidal risk. In the present study, we evaluated our newly developed suicide intervention program among medical staff. <br><br>METHODS: We developed a 2-h suicide intervention program for medical staff, based on the Mental Health First Aid (MHFA), which had originally been developed for the general population. We conducted this program for 74 medical staff members from 2 hospitals. Changes in knowledge, perceived skills, and confidence in early intervention of depression and suicide-prevention were evaluated using self-reported questionnaires at 3 points; pre-program, immediately after the program, and 1 month after program. <br><br>RESULTS: This suicide prevention program had significant effects on improving perceived skills and confidence especially among nurses and medical residents. These significant effects lasted even 1 month after the program. LIMITATIONS: Design was a single-arm study with relatively small sample size and short-term follow up. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: The present study suggests that the major target of this effective program is nurses and medical residents. Future research is required to validate the effects of the program with control groups, and also to assess long-term effectiveness and actual reduction in suicide rates.<br><br>Copyright © 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0165-0327
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2017.08.074
ID  - ref1
ER  -