TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2005//
TI  - The effects on suicide rates of an educational intervention for front-line health professionals with suicidal patients (the STORM Project)
JO  - Psychological medicine
A1  - Morriss, Richard
A1  - Gask, Linda
A1  - Webb, Roger
A1  - Dixon, Claire
A1  - Appleby, Louis
SP  - 957
EP  - 960
VL  - 35
IS  - 7
N2  - BACKGROUND: The opportunity to study district-wide educational interventions on suicide rates is rarely available. In 1997, the authors carried out a district-wide training programme for primary care, accident and emergency, and mental health workers (47% of eligible staff trained), and demonstrated improvements in skills, attitude and confidence among the recipients of the training. METHOD: Suicide rates (including definite suicides and undetermined deaths) and population statistics were collected for a district and region of England from official sources from 1993-2001. A before-and-after (1994-1996 and 1998-2000) training intervention analysis was conducted on suicide rates. RESULTS: The suicide rate in 1994-1996 was 8.8 per 100 000 before our educational intervention and unchanged at 8.6 per 100 000 in 1998-2000 after it (p = 0.783). CONCLUSION: Brief educational interventions to improve the assessment and management of suicide for front-line health professionals in contact with suicidal patients may not be sufficient to reduce the population suicide rate.
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SN  - 0033-2917
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
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