Student pharmacist personal and work experiences with people displaying warning signs of suicidal ideation

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INTRODUCTION: Student pharmacists, in their roles as trainees, technicians, and peers, may interact with people displaying suicide warning signs. Providing suicide gatekeeping training to student pharmacists may prepare them to engage people at risk. Measuring the extent to which student pharmacists have encountered people displaying warning signs of suicide may help contextualize the potential importance of training student pharmacists in suicide gatekeeping. The objective was to describe student pharmacists' awareness of someone they know having attempted or died by suicide and whether they have heard statements suggesting suicide risk in their personal and work life.

METHODS: An anonymous electronic survey was administered to 111 student pharmacists before engaging in question-persuade-refer training as part of their second-year pharmacy curriculum. Respondents were asked for demographics and if Someone ever told you something concerning where you wondered if they were thinking about suicide for both work and one's personal life. Descriptive statistics and chi-squared tests were used to compare items by gender.

RESULTS: There were 111 responses to the survey for a 100% response rate. Concerning statements related to suicide were reported by 71.2% of respondents in their personal life and by 34.2% of students while at work. There were no differences based on gender.

DISCUSSION: A significant proportion of student pharmacists have personal, peer, and professional exposure related to people with potential suicidal ideation. These findings emphasize the need for broad approaches for training students and pharmacists in suicide gatekeeping as a new public health role.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:10

Enthalten in:

The mental health clinician - 10(2020), 4 vom: 15. Juli, Seite 244-249

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Witry, Matthew [VerfasserIn]
Clayden, Alyssa [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Gatekeeping
Journal Article
Pharmacy
Prevention
Student
Suicide
Training

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Date Revised 15.04.2022

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.9740/mhc.2020.07.244

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM312616635