@article{ref1,
title="Evaluation of an educational intervention for clinicians on self-harm in older adults",
journal="Archives of suicide research",
year="2020",
author="Wand, Anne P. F. and Draper, Brian and Brodaty, Henry and Hunt, Glenn E. and Peisah, Carmelle",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="Clinicians may lack knowledge and confidence regarding self-harm in older adults and hold attitudes that interfere with delivering effective care. A 1-hour educational intervention for hospital-based clinicians and general practitioners (GPs) was developed, delivered, and evaluated. Of 119 multidisciplinary clinicians working in aged care and mental health at two hospitals, 100 completed pre/post-evaluation questions. There were significant improvements in knowledge, confidence in managing, and attitudes regarding self-harm in late life, and the education was rated as likely to change clinical practice. No GP education sessions could be conducted. A brief educational intervention had immediate positive impacts for hospital-based clinicians albeit with high baseline knowledge. The sustainability of these effects and effectiveness of the intervention for GPs warrant examination.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1381-1118",
doi="10.1080/13811118.2019.1706678",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13811118.2019.1706678"
}