Citation

La Guardia AC, Cramer RJ, Brubaker M, Long MM. Community Ment. Health J. 2019; 55(2): 257-266.

Affiliation

School of Community & Environmental Health, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, 23509, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s10597-018-0314-0

PMID

30074117

Abstract

The present study evaluates of a competency-based suicide prevention training. A sample of community mental healthcare providers took part in a suicide risk assessment and prevention training, completing pre-post measures of knowledge, competency/skill and attitudes, as well as baseline interprofessional education (IPE) socialization. Training yielded moderate-to-large improvements in suicide-related knowledge, perceived risk assessment/prevention skills, attitudes toward helping patients, and professional capacity to work with suicidal patients. Small pre-post differences were observed recognizing the need for additional training. IPE socialization moderated impacts on professional capacity. This study offers support for the promising impacts of competency-based and IPE-specific training.

Language: en

Keywords

Competency; Interprofessional education; Suicide prevention; Training