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Clinicians' Attitudes Toward No‐Suicide Agreements
Author(s) -
Davidson Michael W.,
Wagner William G.,
Range Lillian M.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
suicide and life‐threatening behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.544
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1943-278X
pISSN - 0363-0234
DOI - 10.1111/j.1943-278x.1995.tb00964.x
Subject(s) - anxiety , suicide prevention , psychiatry , psychology , suicidal behavior , association (psychology) , clinical psychology , human factors and ergonomics , suicide attempt , injury prevention , medicine , poison control , medical emergency , psychotherapist
Though no‐suicide agreements are widely used and often recommended for suicidal patients, their sparse empirical support leads to questions regarding their use with patients of various ages. To answer this question, 46 licensed psychologist members of a Southern state psychology association answered questions regarding their beliefs and attitudes about no‐suicide agreements. Such agreements were considered more appropriate for adults or adolescents than children. They were judged highly appropriate with moderately suicidal patients and were expected to help patients postpone suicide until after a crisis had past and to help reduce clinicians' anxiety.