@article{ref1,
title="The benefit of clinical psychologists in prevention from the suicide in one hospital in Taiwan, Republic of China",
journal="Life science journal",
year="2015",
author="Huang, Shu-Fen and Lu, Chia-Hui and Ju, Chon-Lin and Lan, Jo-Tzu and Chang, Chi-Wen and Chang, Chen-Lin and Kao, Wei-Tsung and Lin, Chi-Hung and Horng, Chi-Ting",
volume="12",
number="3",
pages="138-145",
abstract="PURPOSE: To investigate the suicide intention by using the 5-items Brief Symptoms Rating Scales (BSRS) to screen high risk of patients with suicidal intention and compare the benefits from clinical psychologists. <br><br>METHODS: All 80 patients with BSRS score > 10 were advised to be hospitalized and were divided into 4 groups. In group 1 (n =17), patients with score>15 received the care from psychologists. There were 23 patients in group 2 (n=23; total BSRS>15) without psychologist's help. 16 subjects with score ≦ 15 (>10) in group 3 did not seek help from psychologists. In group 4 (n=24), they had lower score (≦ 15, but >10) with counseling from psychologists. We compared the score change in the 4 groups. <br><br>RESULTS: In group 1, the mean score was 17.7 ± 0.2 before admission, and the mean score after therapy was 9.9 ± 0.8 (P<0.05). In group 2, the mean score was 11.4 ± 0.2 before therapy, and the mean score after therapy (without psychologist's help) was 9.5 ± 0.2 (P>0.05). In group 3, the score showed 16.9 ± 0.4 before admission and it revealed 13.9 ± 0.8 (P>0.05) after medical care. There are 13.3 ± 1.2 and 7.9 ± 0.2 in score before and after therapy with help from specialized clinical psychologists (P<0.05). This data was all corrected after one month. The results demonstrated that the total BSRS score and the incidence of suicidal ideation decreased apparently after the medical care from clinical psychologists in spite of the level of score. <br><br>CONCLUSION: We strongly suggested that clinical psychologists may engage in patients care and are considered as the important role of the medical team work in any hospital, especially, in engaging in behavioral and psychological problems.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1097-8135",
doi="10.7537/marslsj120315.19",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.7537/marslsj120315.19"
}