Doctors’ attitudes towards attempted suicide

dc.contributor.author	Ουζούνη, Χριστίνα	el
dc.contributor.author	Νακάκης, Κωνσταντίνος	el
dc.date.accessioned	2014-07-20T08:03:51Z
dc.date.available	2014-07-20T08:03:51Z
dc.date.issued	2014-07-20
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11400/1443
dc.rights	Αναφορά Δημιουργού-Μη Εμπορική Χρήση-Όχι Παράγωγα Έργα 3.0 Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες	*
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/	*
dc.source	www.hsj.gr	en
dc.subject	Physician and patient
dc.subject	Physicians--Attitudes
dc.subject	Suicidal behavior
dc.subject	Parasuicide
dc.subject	Self-poisoning
dc.subject	Γιατροί
dc.subject	Συμπεριφορές
dc.subject	Απόπειρα αυτοκτονίας
dc.subject	Αυτό-δηλητηρίαση
dc.title	Doctors’ attitudes towards attempted suicide	en
heal.type	journalArticle
heal.classification	Medicine and psychology
heal.classification	Ιατρική
heal.classification	Ψυχολογία
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heal.classificationURI	N/A-Ψυχολογία
heal.keywordURI	http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85101608
heal.keywordURI	http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010106264
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heal.language	en
heal.access	free
heal.recordProvider	Τεχνολογικό Εκπαιδευτικό Ίδρυμα Αθήνας.Σχολή Επαγγελμάτων Υγείας και Πρόνοιας. Τμήμα Νοσηλευτικής	el
heal.publicationDate	2012-12
heal.bibliographicCitation	Ouzouni, C. & Nakakis, K. (December 2012). Doctors’ attitudes towards attempted suicide. “Health Science Journal”. 6(4):663-680.	en
heal.abstract	Background: Although attitudes towards attempted suicide may impact upon the quality of patients’ care as well as in the prevention of patients’ future attempts to suicide, there are a few published studies investigating doctors’ attitudes towards those patients. The aim of the present study was to explore the attitudes of Greek doctors’ towards attempted suicide. Method and material: A cross-sectional research design was used with a convenience sample of doctors (N=206) working in four general hospitals in Greece. Attitudes Towards Attempted Suicide–Questionnaire (ATAS-Q) was used which was a five point likert type and comprised 8 factors. For the data analysis descriptive and inferential statistics were employed using SPSS version 17. Results: Overall doctors showed relatively unfavourable attitudes towards attempted suicide. Respondents reported a variety of mixed feelings (responsibility, sympathy, discomfort, sadness) when treating attempted suicide patients. Older respondents and those with more professional experience expressed more favourable attitudes as well as those working in surgical and orthopaedic departments. The most unfavourable attitudes were displayed by doctors working in ICU’s. In addition, participants who had contemplated suicide at any point in their life or who had a relationship with someone who committed suicide held more positive attitudes. Conclusions: Doctors frequently encounter suicidal individuals and therefore must be aware of their attitudes towards this group of patients as part of their professional and therapeutic role. Thus, doctors’ favourable attitudes towards attempted suicide can play a key role in preventing a future suicide attempt or a fatal suicide.	en
heal.publisher	Μαρβάκη, Χριστίνα	el
heal.journalName	Health Science Journal	en
heal.journalType	peer-reviewed
heal.fullTextAvailability	true
heal.dateCreated	2012-10