ArticleBMC research notes2010
Suicide prevention in primary care: General practitioners' views on service availability.
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- Brief interventions for suicidal ideation in primary care: a systematic review.BMC primary care · 2025Pooled it
- Role of the GP in the management of patients with self-harm behaviour: a systematic review.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2020Pooled it
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- Suicidal ideation during COVID-19: The contribution of unique and cumulative stressors.Psychiatry research · 2022Article
- Working with Young People at Risk of Suicidal Behaviour and Self-Harm: A Qualitative Study of Australian General Practitioners' Perspectives.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Australian Mental Health Consumers' Experiences of Service Engagement and Disengagement: A Descriptive Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Suicide prevention training: self-perceived competence among primary healthcare professionals.Scandinavian journal of primary health care · 2021Article
- Modelling the effect of first-wave COVID-19 on mental health services.Operations research for health care · 2021Article
- A Case Series Study of Help-Seeking among Younger and Older Men in Suicidal Crisis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Suicide preceded by health services contact - A whole-of-population study in New Zealand 2013-2015.PloS one · 2021Article
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- "Every structure we're taught goes out the window": General practitioners' experiences of providing help for patients with emotional concerns'.Health & social care in the community · 2020Article
- An Electronic Clinical Decision Support System for the Assessment and Management of Suicidality in Primary Care: Protocol for a Mixed-Methods Study.JMIR research protocols · 2018Article
- Psychiatric Emergencies: Assessing and Managing Suicidal Ideation.The Medical clinics of North America · 2017Review
- How do healthcare professionals interview patients to assess suicide risk?BMC psychiatry · 2017Article
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- General Practitioners' Accounts of Patients Who Have Self-Harmed: A Qualitative, Observational Study.Crisis · 2016Observational
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Abstract
backgroundPrimary care may be a key setting for suicide prevention. However, comparatively little is known about the services available in primary care for suicide prevention. The aims of the current study were to describe services available in general practices for the management of suicidal patients and to examine GPs views on these services. We carried out a questionnaire and interview study in the North West of England. We collected data on GPs views of suicide prevention generally as well as local mental health service provision.
findingsDuring the study period (2003-2005) we used the National Confidential Inquiry Suicide database to identify 286 general practitioners (GPs) who had registered patients who had died by suicide. Data were collected from GPs and practice managers in 167 practices. Responses suggested that there was greater availability of services and training for general mental health issues than for suicide prevention specifically. The three key themes which emerged from GP interviews were: barriers accessing primary or secondary mental health services; obstacles faced when referring a patient to mental health services; managing change within mental health care services
conclusionsHealth professionals have an important role to play in preventing suicide. However, GPs expressed concerns about the quality of primary care mental health service provision and difficulties with access to secondary mental health services. Addressing these issues could facilitate future suicide prevention in primary care.
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