Health Professionals Perspective on Suicide

Health Professionals Perspective on Suicide: A Study of Their Attitude, Challenges and Suicide Prevention

The aim is to investigate how health professionals view/respond towards suicidal patients, what was their attitude, experiences and difficulties/challenges they faced while dealing with suicidal patients (whether successful or unsuccessful), and what measures/methods are optimal or could be used to prevent suicide from the perspective of mental and non mental health professionals through concurrent mixed methods study approach.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Health professionals having at least 1 year of experience in dealing with suicide cases irrespective of the outcome will be included.
• Qualification of Health professionals should be at least MBBS with permanent PMDCP registration.
• Health professionals who are willing to participate voluntarily and provide written informed consent will be included.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Health Professionals with prior and present history of psychiatric consultation will be excluded.
• Health Professionals without direct experience in handling suicidal patients will be excluded.
• Nurses and Paramedical staff will be excluded from the study.