TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Mental health of gatekeepers may influence their own attitudes toward suicide: a questionnaire survey from a suicide-prevention gatekeeper training program
JO  - Asian journal of psychiatry
A1  - Midorikawa, Haruhiko
A1  - Tachikawa, Hirokazu
A1  - Nemoto, Kiyotaka
A1  - Morita, Nobuaki
A1  - Shiratori, Yuki
A1  - Endo, Go
A1  - Taguchi, Takaya
A1  - Arai, Tetsuaki
SP  - e101842
EP  - e101842
VL  - 47
IS  - 
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1876-2018
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajp.2019.101842
ID  - ref1
ER  -