Personales kjennskap og holdninger til retningslinjer og prosedyrer for selvmordsrisikovurdering i psykisk helsevern
Engelsk titel: The personnel knowledge and attitudes to guidelines and procedures for suicide risk assessment in mental health care
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Författare:
Larsen, Kin
;
Qion, Ping
Språk: Nor
Antal referenser: 30
Dokumenttyp:
Artikel
UI-nummer: 19030026
Sammanfattning
In the present paper we present results of a survey study among mental health care personnel (N=396) on their knowledge and perception of routines and procedures related to suicide risk assessment. The participants report a generally high level of familiarity with formal requirements for evaluation of suicide risk, such as routines in their own workplace, procedures in the hospital’s electronic quality management system, current legislation, and national guidelines. There are also notable differences by clinical background with higher levels of familiarity among doctors/ psychiatrists and staff frequently seeing suicidal patients. The perceived benefits of these formal requirements include clear goal setting and confidence ensuring to do what’s relevant, whilst the commonly perceived
drawbacks are that these routines and procedures are time-consuming and have an overly legalistic focus. There is an ongoing debate about the
use of standardized procedures for evaluating suicide risk in Norway. The present article provides rich insights that contributes to our understanding
on clinicians’ knowledge about and attitudes toward these routines and procedures.