Teaching Front-Line Health and Voluntary Workers to Assess and Manage Suicidal Patients

8 hours of interview skills training were taught to 33 health & voluntary workers. Evaluation was done pre- & post-training. Suicide risk assessment & management skills such as problem solving & provision of immediate support were significantly improved at 1 month after training. Training did not significantly improve general interview skills, combating hopelessness nor the removal or lethal weapons. The assessment procedure itself did not significantly improve clinical skills nor confidence.