TY - JOUR
KW - Depression/diagnosis
KW - Education, Medical, Continuing
KW - Emergency Medicine/education
KW - England/epidemiology
KW - Humans
KW - Intervention Studies
KW - Mental Health Services/manpower
KW - Primary Health Care
KW - Risk Factors
KW - Suicide, Attempted/statistics & numerical data
KW - Suicide/statistics & numerical data
AU - R. Morriss
AU - L. Gask
AU - R. Webb
AU - C. Dixon
AU - L. Appleby
A1 - 
AB - BACKGROUND: The opportunity to study district-wide educational interventions on suicide rates is rarely available. In 1997, the authors carried out a district-wide training programme for primary care, accident and emergency, and mental health workers (47% of eligible staff trained), and demonstrated improvements in skills, attitude and confidence among the recipients of the training. METHOD: Suicide rates (including definite suicides and undetermined deaths) and population statistics were collected for a district and region of England from official sources from 1993-2001. A before-and-after (1994-1996 and 1998-2000) training intervention analysis was conducted on suicide rates. RESULTS: The suicide rate in 1994-1996 was 8.8 per 100 000 before our educational intervention and unchanged at 8.6 per 100 000 in 1998-2000 after it (p = 0.783). CONCLUSION: Brief educational interventions to improve the assessment and management of suicide for front-line health professionals in contact with suicidal patients may not be sufficient to reduce the population suicide rate.
BT - Psychological medicine
C5 - Education & Workforce
CP - 7
CY - England
IS - 7
JF - Psychological medicine
N2 - BACKGROUND: The opportunity to study district-wide educational interventions on suicide rates is rarely available. In 1997, the authors carried out a district-wide training programme for primary care, accident and emergency, and mental health workers (47% of eligible staff trained), and demonstrated improvements in skills, attitude and confidence among the recipients of the training. METHOD: Suicide rates (including definite suicides and undetermined deaths) and population statistics were collected for a district and region of England from official sources from 1993-2001. A before-and-after (1994-1996 and 1998-2000) training intervention analysis was conducted on suicide rates. RESULTS: The suicide rate in 1994-1996 was 8.8 per 100 000 before our educational intervention and unchanged at 8.6 per 100 000 in 1998-2000 after it (p = 0.783). CONCLUSION: Brief educational interventions to improve the assessment and management of suicide for front-line health professionals in contact with suicidal patients may not be sufficient to reduce the population suicide rate.
PP - England
PY - 2005
SN - 0033-2917; 0033-2917
SP - 957
EP - 960
EP - 
T1 - The effects on suicide rates of an educational intervention for front-line health professionals with suicidal patients (the STORM Project)
T2 - Psychological medicine
TI - The effects on suicide rates of an educational intervention for front-line health professionals with suicidal patients (the STORM Project)
U1 - Education & Workforce
U2 - 16045062
VL - 35
VO - 0033-2917; 0033-2917
Y1 - 2005
ER -