Journal article
Deficiencies in suicide training in primary care specialties: A survey of training directors
Academic psychiatry, v 31(5), pp 345-349
01 Sep 2007
PMID: 17875616
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Abstract
Objective: A high percentage of suicide victims have seen a primary care physician in the months before committing suicide. Thus, primary care physicians may play an important role in suicide prevention.
Method: The authors mailed a survey to directors of training programs in family practice, internal medicine, and pediatrics, and 50.5% responded. Data obtained were analyzed with WebStat.
Results: Training directors reported deficiencies in training in suicide and depression. Notably, less than half of the internal medicine and pediatrics training directors who replied reported that teaching about suicide was adequate. The majority of them indicated a need for standardized curricular materials on suicide and depression.
Conclusions: Experts could provide standardized curricula to primary care residencies in the recognition and management of suicide and depression. More robust training about these vital mental health concerns in primary care could reduce morbidity and mortality.
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- Title
- Deficiencies in suicide training in primary care specialties: A survey of training directors
- Creators
- Donna Sudak - Drexel UniversityAlec Roy - 116AVAMCHoward Sudak - Pennsylvania HospitalAlan Lipschitz - Wyeth-Ayerst LaboratoriesJohn Maltsberger - Harvard UniversityHerbert Hendin - American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
- Publication Details
- Academic psychiatry, v 31(5), pp 345-349
- Publisher
- Amer Psychiatric Publishing, Inc
- Number of pages
- 5
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Psychiatry
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000249209100006
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-37349081822
- Other Identifier
- 991019168232804721
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- Education & Educational Research
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