Suicide literacy, suicide stigma and help-seeking intentions in Australian medical students
Suicide literacy, suicide stigma and help-seeking intentions in Australian medical students
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DOI：
10.1177/1039856214522528
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发表时间：
2014-04-01
影响因子：
1.8
通讯作者：
Galletly, Cherrie
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作者：
Chan, Wen I.;Batterham, Philip;Galletly, Cherrie
目的：本研究的目的是衡量与普通大学人群相比，澳大利亚医科学生的自杀素养和耻辱感水平，并评估医科学生寻求帮助的意图。方法：采用横断面调查方法，对165名澳大利亚国立大学（ANU）在读研究生和54名阿德莱德大学（University of Adelaide）本科毕业班学生进行调查。这些样本与六个月前澳大利亚国立大学676名普通成员的另一个样本进行了比较。结果：最后一年的研究生和本科生的心理健康素养水平（用自杀素养量表测量）显著高于其他医科学生或普通大学教职员工和学生。自杀耻辱感（使用自杀耻辱感量表测量）在所有样本中具有可比性。较少的自杀接触与更大的耻辱和更多的寻求非正式帮助的意图有关。将自杀正常化的学生在有自杀念头时寻求帮助的意向显著降低。结论：研究结果表明，通过临床经验接触有自杀倾向的人可能会提高对自杀的认识，但可能会导致对非正式求助的消极态度。预防自杀课程应旨在提高心理健康素养水平，减少污名化的态度，并限制自杀的正常化。
Objective: The purpose of this study was to measure levels of suicide literacy and stigma amongst Australian medical students in comparison to a general university population, and to assess medical students' help-seeking intentions.Method: A cross-sectional survey was administered to 165 currently-enrolled Australian National University (ANU) postgraduate medical students and 54 final year undergraduate medical students at the University of Adelaide. These samples were compared to another sample of 676 general members of the ANU, undertaken six months earlier.Results: Final year postgraduate and undergraduate students had significantly higher levels of mental health literacy (measured using the Literacy of Suicide Scale) than other medical students or general university staff and students. Suicide stigma (measured using the Stigma of Suicide Scale) was comparable across the samples. Less exposure to suicide was associated with greater stigma and increased intentions of informal help seeking. Students who normalised suicide had significantly lower intentions of seeking help for thoughts of suicide.Conclusions: The findings indicate that exposure to suicidal people through clinical experience may improve knowledge about suicide but may lead to more negative attitudes toward informal help-seeking. The suicide prevention curriculum should aim to raise mental health literacy levels, reduce stigmatising attitudes and limit the normalisation of suicide.