@article{ref1,
title="A preliminary interview on counselor's decision making of breaking confidentiality about self-inflicted injury and suicide in college situation",
journal="Chinese mental health journal",
year="2018",
author="Wang, Yidan and Wang, Yaqi and Yu, Xiaohan and Jiang, Jingqi and Jia, Yanjie and Ma, Yajing and Qian, Mingyi",
volume="",
number="12",
pages="227-232",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To investigate the ethical decision-making process of breaking confidentiality when counselors dealing with self-inflicted injury and suicide issues in college situation. <br><br>METHODS: A semi-structural interview was addressed to 10 counselors from 7 college counseling centers in Beijing, among whom with (10 &plusmn; 8) years of experience on average in this field. Content analysis method was used to transcription of the interviewing data. <br><br>RESULTS: Totally 8 counselors had received ethical training more or less, and attached great importance to ethical codes. There were still some conflicts between school regulations and confidentiality rules in 7 university counseling centers. Different counselors varied greatly in decision-making on breaking confidentiality when facing college students' self-inflicted injury and suicide. Faced with conflicts between college demands and confidentiality principles, counselors could take the professional standpoint and consider more of the interests of students. <br><br>CONCLUSION: The decision-making process on self-inflicted injury and suicide confidentiality breakthrough needs to be standardized. College's attention and support to the counseling work should be strengthen and enhance ethical awareness.<p /><p>Language: zh</p>",
language="zh",
issn="1000-6729",
doi="10.3969/j.issn.1000-6729.2018.03.008",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3969/j.issn.1000-6729.2018.03.008"
}