Predictors of A&E staff attitudes to self-harm patients who use self-laceration: influence of previous training and experience

Journal of Psychosomatic Research
Trevor FriedmanAlex J Mitchell

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate the attitudes of accident and emergency (A&E) staff towards patients who self-harm through laceration. We developed a questionnaire using focus group methodology. Questionnaires were distributed to 117 A&E staff members. Of the staff, 53.8% responded. The staff believed that self-laceration was an important problem but felt unskilled in managing patients. The staff were unsure of the relationship between self-laceration and both mental illness and risk of suicide. They had previously received little training in managing this condition. In those staff without previous training, a longer period working in A&E was correlated with higher levels of anger towards patients and an inclination not to view patients as mentally ill. A&E staff were keen for further training and wanted a higher proportion of patients to be seen by specialist mental health services. This study highlights the need for greater staff training in A&E. Despite considerable experience in the field, we found evidence for unhelpful attitudes amongst some staff. This is particularly true for more senior staff without previous DSH training, who, as a group, were less sympathetic to this group of patients. Unfavourable attitudes...Continue Reading

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