Awareness and Attitude Toward Suicide in Community Mental Health Professionals and Hospital Workers.

Soung Nam Kim; Kang Sook Lee; Seon Young Lee; Jae Hee Yu; A Rum Hong

doi:10.3961/jpmph.2009.42.3.183

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English Abstract Awareness and Attitude Toward Suicide in Community Mental Health Professionals and Hospital Workers.: Soung Nam Kim, Kang Sook Lee, Seon Young Lee, Jae Hee Yu, A Rum Hong; Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health 2009;42(3):183-189
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3961/jpmph.2009.42.3.183

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¹Graduate School of Public Health The Catholic University of Korea, Korea.
²Department of Preventive Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Korea. leekangs@catholic.ac.kr

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OBJECTIVES
The purpose of this study was to evaluate community mental health professionals and hospital workers attitude and awareness towards suicide. METHODS: This study investigated 264 community mental health professionals and 228 hospital workers. SOQs (Suicidal Opinion Questionnaires) were used from July 2007 to September 2007. After a factor analysis for the attitude towards suicide, the items on ethics, mental illness, religion, risk, and motivation were included in the subsequent analysis. RESULTS: There were significant differences in the attitude towards suicide according to religion, age, educational background, the marriage status, the economic position, and different professional licenses. Hospital workers' view was different from the community workers'. The hospital workers judged that suicide was due to mental illness, and suicide was high for the people in a special environment and who lacked motivation, which caused them to fall in a dangerous situation. For the lower educational group, they thought that suicide was attributable to mental illness. The awareness for suicide was significantly higher in the group with a postgraduate education, unmarried people, mental health professionals and the persons who had concern and experience with suicide. The factors that had an influence on the awareness of suicide were the items of mental illness, religion, risk and motivational factors. CONCLUSIONS: This study suggested that the factors to increase the awareness and attitude for suicide were the experience of increased education and case management of suicide. Therefore, education dealing with suicide and reinforcement of crisis management programs should be developed.

Keywords: Suicide Attitude Awareness Mental health professional

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