Hungarian Suicide Prevention Project

2013 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Suicide Prevention ◽  
Prevention Project

A Model for Analyzing Suicide Prevention

Crisis ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 80-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maila Upanne
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Theoretical Model ◽  
Protective Factors ◽  
Suicide Prevention ◽  
Suicide Risk ◽  
Practical Work ◽  
Individual Risk ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Prevention Project ◽  
Individual Risk Factors

This study monitored the evolution of psychologists' (n = 31) conceptions of suicide prevention over the 9-year course of the National Suicide Prevention Project in Finland and assessed the feasibility of the theoretical model for analyzing suicide prevention developed in earlier studies [ Upanne, 1999a , b ]. The study was formulated as a retrospective self-assessment where participants compared their earlier descriptions of suicide prevention with their current views. The changes in conceptions were analyzed and interpreted using both the model and the explanations given by the subjects themselves. The analysis proved the model to be a useful framework for revealing the essential features of prevention. The results showed that the freely-formulated ideas on prevention were more comprehensive than those evolved in practical work. Compared to the earlier findings, the conceptions among the group had shifted toward emphasizing a curative approach and the significance of individual risk factors. In particular, greater priority was focused on the acute suicide risk phase as a preventive target. Nonetheless, the overall structure of prevention ideology remained comprehensive and multifactorial, stressing multistage influencing. Promotive aims (protective factors) also remained part of the prevention paradigm. Practical working experiences enhanced the psychologists' sense of the difficulties of suicide prevention as well as their criticism and feeling of powerlessness.

Being 'Real' in Suicide Prevention Evaluation: The Role of the Ethnographer's Emotions Under Traumatic Conditions

1999 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Damien Ridge ◽  
Amos Hee ◽  
Rosalie Aroni
Keyword(s):  
Inner City ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Suicide Prevention ◽  
Human Services ◽  
Analytical Tool ◽  
Research Outcomes ◽  
Emotional Work ◽  
Prevention Project ◽  
Work Done

While there is a tradition of recognising and contending with the emotional content of ethnography (e.g. informant emotions, researcher empathy), there are few accounts of research which illustrate clearly the emotional work done by researchers, and the value of such work as an analytical tool. Yet, in the human services, and especially where trauma is involved, ignoring emotional dynamics actually runs the risk of 'dumbing down' our analyses. The current paper draws on ethnographer experiences during an evaluation of a youth suicide prevention project at the Connexions agency in inner-city Melbourne. The organisation, which is a part of Jesuit Social Services, provides outreach, therapy and other services (e.g. drop-in, labour market program) to marginalised young people. The paper argues that researcher emotions are actually important to isolate and examine in order to adequately capture the meanings participants attribute to their realities and actions. Nevertheless, through the exploration of specific dilemmas, it is shown that recognising and processing difficult emotions can be a confronting yet rewarding exercise for researchers, both personally and in terms of research outcomes. The paper also discusses how the ethnographer managed to conduct research in a setting involving trauma.

Evaluation Strategy for Finland's Suicide Prevention Project

Crisis ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 167-174 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jari Hakanen ◽  
Maila Upanne
Keyword(s):  
Suicide Prevention ◽  
General Structure ◽  
National Strategy ◽  
Final Phase ◽  
Implementation Phase ◽  
Evaluation Approach ◽  
Prevention Project ◽  
Phase Evaluation ◽  
Ongoing Evaluation

Finland's suicide prevention project (1987-1996) has proceeded to its final phase, evaluation. In this article the general structure of the evaluation and the strategy for evaluating the implementation phase (1992-1996) are presented. The evaluation aims to look at the success of the project in its target areas and the critical factors involved. It deals with the intervention strategies evolved, as well as indicators of progress in suicide prevention activities. A process evaluation approach is used to evaluate the national strategy and the project. The first follow-up (1993) and preliminary results from the ongoing evaluation (1996) show that the project is being largely successful in meeting the operative challenges formulated in the national strategy.

Knowledge and experience of suicidal behavior in physicians in the county of Minsk, Belarus

2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (S2) ◽  
pp. 1624-1624
Author(s):  
Y. Lasy ◽  
K. Minkevich ◽  
D. Padruchny ◽  
T. Martynova ◽  
E. Mittendorfer-Rutz
Keyword(s):  
Suicide Prevention ◽  
Professional Practice ◽  
Suicidal Behavior ◽  
Total Population ◽  
Suicide Attempts ◽  
Suicidal Thoughts ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Prevention Project ◽  
Training Courses ◽  
Suicidal Patients

IntroductionBelarus has one of the worlds’ highest suicide rates (48.5 and 9.1/100,000 for men and women, respectively). The country's first suicide prevention project (2009–2013) focuses on educational courses for all physicians employed in primary health care (N = 120) in two regions of the county of Minsk (Total population: 73,663).ObjectiveThe aim of this paper was to investigate physicians’ knowledge with regard to suicide prevention as well as their experience of suicidal behavior based on findings from the pilot study.Methods45 physicians (mean age 43.6; 31 women, 14 men; 35% of all physicians) had participated in the first training courses, including two educational seminars (24 hours, 2009–2010). All participating physicians answered the questionnaire with 40 items distributed before the training courses.ResultThe preliminary findings indicate that half of the participating doctors (N = 22) considered mental disorders as being the main risk factor for suicide and equally many defined suicide as an expression of “spiritual weakness”. 48% considered that asking patients about suicidal thoughts can stimulate the act. As many as 47% (21 physicians) had experienced a patients’ suicide during their professional practice (14 of them more than once). About half of the doctors (N = 24) have been confronted with a patient's suicide attempt and 20 participants (44%) experienced suicidal behavior of close friends and relatives. 17 (38%) and 2 doctors reported suicidal thoughts and suicide attempts ever in life, respectively.ConclusionImproved suicidological knowledge is badly needed, particularly in the light of the frequent confrontation with suicidal patients.

scholarly journals P1-88 Decrease of railway suicides between 1998 and 2006: evaluation of the German railway suicide prevention project

2011 ◽  
Vol 65 (Suppl 1) ◽  
pp. A91-A91 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Baumert ◽  
K. Lukaschek ◽  
S. Kunrath ◽  
N. Erazo ◽  
K. H. Ladwig
Keyword(s):  
Suicide Prevention ◽  
Prevention Project ◽  
Railway Suicide
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