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Suicide Prevention: Spreading the Gospel to General Practitioners

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Konrad Michel  and
Ladislav Valach
Konrad Michel*
Affiliation:
Psychiatrische Universitätspoliklinik, Murtenstrasse 21, CH-3010 Bern, Switzerland
Ladislav Valach
Affiliation:
Psychiatrische Universitätspoliklinik, Murtenstrasse 21, CH-3010 Bern, Switzerland
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

General practitioners were trained in the recognition and treatment of suicide risk either by written text alone or combined with a seminar meeting. They filled in questionnaires before and after training. In the seminar group, knowledge and attitudes changed significantly, while those doctors receiving written material only had similar results to those without training.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 160 , Issue 6 , June 1992 , pp. 757 - 760
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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