Crisis
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Suicidal behavior is an understudied subject in Pakistan, a South-Asian developing country with a predominantly Muslim population. ⋯ Patients who left the ED without psychosocial assessment are at increased risk for repetition of DSH as well as suicide.
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Comparative Study
The attitudes of emergency staff toward attempted suicide patients: a comparative study before and after establishment of a psychiatric consultation service.
The staff in the emergency room of general hospitals are under heavy work pressure and seem to reveal negative attitudes toward suicide attempters. From earlier studies there is indirect evidence that the attitudes of staff who have the opportunity to consult a psychiatrist are less negative. ⋯ The results suggest that providing a psychiatric consultation service did not significantly affect attitudes among general hospital emergency room staff toward attempted suicide patients during its first year of operation, but in general, the emergency room staff was content with the opportunity for psychiatric consultation.