Resource Tag: GENERAL PRACTITIONERS
xLCSH; see PHYSICIANS (GENERAL PRACTICE)
Suicide Victims’ Contacts With Physicians During the Year Before Death
This study investigated the course of contact rates of suicide victims with physicians during the year before death. Official suicide data & insurance company data were linked for 317 individuals who died by suicide between 1998-2002. Quarterly contact rates with physicians during the respective last year of life were compared. Contacts with any physicians & […]
Adolescents’ Suicidal Thinking and Reluctance to Consult General Medical Practitioners
This study examined the association between suicide ideation & intentions to seek help from a general practitioner for suicidal thoughts, emotional problems, & physical health problems, using a sample of 590 Australian high school students. Higher levels of suicide ideation & general psychological distress were related to lower intentions to seek help for suicidal & […]
Screening for Suicidal Thoughts in Primary Care: the Views of Patients and General Practitioners
A cross-sectional survey was conducted with general practitiones & primary care patients who had signs of depression. The study combined open & closed questions on attitudes to screening or being screened for suicide ideation. 101 of 132 patients took part in the survey & 103 of 300 general practitioners completed a questionnaire. A majority in […]
Primary Care Contact Prior to Suicide in Individuals With Mental Illness
This study investigated the frequency & nature of general practice consultations in the year before suicide for patients in current, or recent, contact with secondary mental health services. A retrospective case-note study & semi-structured interviews with general practitioners formed the study design. Overall, 91% (224/247) of individuals consulted their general practitioner on at least one […]
Attitudes of Medical Students, General Practitioners, Teachers, and Police Officers Toward Suicide in a Turkish Sample
A total sample of 205 medical students, general practitioners, secondary school guidance teachers, & police officers from Ankara, Turkey completed the Attitudes Toward Suicide Scale. Principal components analysis revealed a nine factor model for the scale. Medical students & general practitioners had the most permissive attitudes. General practitioners’ attitude scores about preparedness to prevent suicide […]
Preventing Suicide by Educating General Practitioners
An education program for general practitioners on treating patients with depressive disorders & panic disorders was implemented in one district in Hungary in 1998. A neighbouring district was used as a control. Although the educational program was followed by an increase in referrals for panic disorder in the target district, there was no impact on […]
A Survey of Dutch GPs’ Attitudes Towards Help Seeking and Follow-Up Care for Relatives Bereaved by Suicide
The management by general practitioners of help requests from relatives bereaved by suicide was investigated & determinants of their willingness to refer for evidence-based follow-up care was examined. A cross-sectional survey included 488 general practitioners in the northern part of The Netherlands. 214 responses were received. In the last 3 years, 38 general practitioners were […]
Suicidal Patients and the use of Antidepressant Drugs: a General Practice Survey
The author reports on the results of enquiries to general practitioners about how they treat suicidal patients. Some respond with simple psychotherapy & support & others with environmental manipulation. Some patients with depressive illnesses may respond to antidepressant drugs but there is a danger of the patient overdosing on the medications they have been prescribed. […]
A Suicide Prevention Program in a Region With a Very High Suicide Rate
This study evaluated the effectiveness of a depression-management education program for general practitioners in a region of Hungary with a very high suicide rate. 28 general practitioners participated in the study. A 5-year depression-management educational program for general practitioners & their nurses was implemented together with the establishment of a depression treatment clinic & psychiatric […]
Reducing the Risk of Suicide in men Aged Over 40 Years who are not in Contact With Mental Health Services in West Sussex. January 2006-January 2008
Over the course of this project, three main activities were undertaken to reduce the risk of suicide in men aged over 40 who did not seek help from mental health services in West Sussex. A public awareness program, work with general practitioners, & training sessions were the strategies employed. This document provides information on the […]
Expert and lay Explanations of Suicidal Behaviour: Comparison of the General Population’s, Suicide Attempters’, General Practitioners’ and Psychiatrists’ Views
The aims of this study were to identify explanatory models of suicidal behaviour & to determine possible incompatabilities between lay (general public & suicide attempters) & expert (general practitioners & psychiatrists) views. Five explanatory models were identified: personality, sociological, medical, crisis, & genetic. Significant group differences on the explanatory models were found with lay people […]
Suicide: an Indian Perspective.
Suicide is the third leading cause of death among young adults worldwide. There is a growing recognition that prevention strategies need to be tailored to the region-specific demographics of a country and to be implemented in a culturally-sensitive manner. This review explores the historical, epidemiological and demographic factors of suicide in India and examines the […]
Teenage Suicide Cluster Formation and Contagion: Implications for Primary Care
Background We have previously studied unintentional as well as intentional injury deaths among teenagers living in the four northernmost counties, forming approximately 55% of Sweden with 908,000 inhabitants in 1991. During this work, we found what we suspected to be a suicide cluster among teenagers and we also suspected contagion since there were links between […]
Suicide Prevention: Targeting the Patient at Risk
The purpose of this article is to identify those at risk of suicide & outlines strategies for suicide prevention. This article discusses how there has been much published to assist the general practitioner to identify those at risk, but little to suggest how to assist the patient in such a crisis. Research into the role […]