@article{ref1,
title="Social Work Instructors' Attitudes, Beliefs, and Practices about Teaching Suicide Content",
journal="Journal of teaching in social work",
year="2020",
author="Mirick, R.G.",
volume="40",
number="5",
pages="468-487",
abstract="In 2012, the National Strategy for Suicide Prevention recommended more education in suicide prevention for mental health professionals. This study of social work instructors (N = 225) explored attitudes, beliefs, and feelings toward teaching suicide content in practice courses; the content covered; barriers to teaching about suicide; and desired supports. Overall, instructors were confident and perceived themselves as knowledgeable, teaching primarily assessment, crisis intervention, and safety planning. However, some instructors described teaching outdated material (e.g., &quot;no suicide&quot; contracts) and some best practices were sparsely covered. Recommendations are presented here, including increasing training opportunities and creating materials and guidelines to support instructors teaching this content. © 2020 Taylor & Francis.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0884-1233",
doi="10.1080/08841233.2020.1813235",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08841233.2020.1813235"
}