Approach and treatment of suicidal behavior in the clinical practice of different groups of health professionals in Spain: results of the project EUREGENAS

  1. Juan Luis Muñoz 2
  2. Cristina Blanco 2
  3. Mercedes Pérez 2
  4. Alberto San Román 2
  5. Manuel Ángel Franco 2
  6. Mari Cruz Sánchez 1
  7. Beatriz Palacios 1
  8. Andrea Gutiérrez 1
  9. Mª Victoria Martín 1
  1. 1 Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca
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    Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca

    Salamanca, España

    ROR https://ror.org/02jj93564

  2. 2 Fundación Intras
Konferenzberichte:
3º Congreso Ibero-Americano en Investigación Cualitativa (CIAIQ2014)

Verlag: Universidad de Extremadura

ISBN: 978-972-8914-48-6

Datum der Publikation: 2014

Seiten: 20

Kongress: 3º Congreso Ibero-Americano en Investigación Cualitativa (CIAIQ2014) : atas Investigação Qualitativa em Saúde

Art: Konferenz-Beitrag

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Zusammenfassung

In January 2014, Spain’s National Statistics Institute (Instituto Nacional de Estadística –INE) confirmed that the number of suicides had increased in Spain by 11.3% in 2012.This is the highest rate since 2005. The WHO(World Health Organization), the UN (United Nations) and the European Union(EU)consider it a health problem of prime importance. It is a priority in particularfor the EU, which considerssuicide prevention and the detection of persons at high risk of suicidal behavior as a main concern, together with making public the mosteffective intervention methods. The Research Project “European Regions Enforcing Actions against Suicide (EUREGENAS),fundedby the European Union Health Program 2008-2013, and which is presented in this paper, is aimed at describing specific techniques for an integrated model of Mental Health orientated to the prevention of suicide and the development of an effective and efficient training programfor the health professionals involved in this type of behavior.This goal requires the employment of a qualitative methodological strategy,since it deals with the slippery question of the preferences andtheinterests of the actors and the apprehensionof their discourses.The data collection has been carried out through discussion groups formed by different types of health professionals: psychologists, psychiatrists, primary care staff and staff of the emergency services. During the sessions, each collective describes and explains the meaning of suicidal behaviorprevention according to its ownwork experience.To facilitate the task of analysis, we use a computer application, namely the qualitative data analysis program NVIVO 10. The results highlight the importance of clinical practice, of prevention, andofthe differentiation of patients according to the severity of the problem. The expertsbelieve that prophylaxis should becarried outon the first moment of diagnosis and that the patient shouldbeinformedof all the available resources. Lastly, they assertthat the major difficulty isthe factthat many people who are at risk of suicide do not look for help.