title: Can a lecture influence attitudes to suicide prevention?
abstract: Attitudes held by various groups of healthcare professionals with regard to suicide prevention were assessed using an attitude inventory before and after they attended a formal lecture. The lecture presented basic facts and statistics, discussed clinical techniques and challenged negative attitudes. Evidence is presented to suggest that a reduction in the proportion of expressed attitudes which were equivocal or negative towards the feasibility of suicide prevention in clinical practice, can be achieved by a lecture of this kind.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mental Health, University of Bristol, England.
authors.forename: H G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Morgan
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Evans
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Stanton
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D004496:Education, Continuing / Q000379:methods*; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology; D000092864:Suicide Prevention