ABSTRACT

In 2012, the National Strategy for Suicide Prevention recommended more education in suicide prevention for mental health professionals. This study of social work instructors (N = 225) explored attitudes, beliefs, and feelings toward teaching suicide content in practice courses; the content covered; barriers to teaching about suicide; and desired supports. Overall, instructors were confident and perceived themselves as knowledgeable, teaching primarily assessment, crisis intervention, and safety planning. However, some instructors described teaching outdated material (e.g., “no suicide” contracts) and some best practices were sparsely covered. Recommendations are presented here, including increasing training opportunities and creating materials and guidelines to support instructors teaching this content.

摘要

2012年，《国家预防自杀战略》建议为精神卫生专业人员提供更多的预防自杀教育。这项对社会工作指导教师的研究（N = 225）探讨了在实践课程中教授自杀内容的态度，信念和感受。所涵盖的内容；教授自杀的障碍；和所需的支持。总体而言，讲师充满信心，并认为自己学识渊博，主要讲授评估，危机干预和安全计划。但是，一些讲师描述了教学材料过时的内容（例如“无自杀”合同），并且很少涵盖一些最佳实践。这里提出了一些建议，包括增加培训机会以及创建材料和指导方针以支持讲授此内容的教师。