The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners
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Most frequent attendance in primary care is temporary. Long-term frequent attendance may be suitable for psychological intervention to address health management and service use. ⋯ CBT appears feasible and acceptable to a subset of long-term FAs in primary care who halved their primary care use. With improved recruitment strategies, this approach could contribute to decreasing GP workload and merits larger-scale evaluation.
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Suicide prevention is an NHS priority in England. Bereavement by suicide is a risk factor for suicide, but the needs of those bereaved by suicide have not been addressed, and little is known about how GPs support these patients, and how they deal with this aspect of their work. ⋯ GPs need to feel confident and competent to support parents bereaved by suicide. Although this may be facilitated through training initiatives, and accessible services to refer parents to, GPs also require formal support and supervision, particularly around significant events such as suicide. Results from this qualitative study have informed the development of evidence-based suicide bereavement training for health professionals.