The Psychiatrist (1997) 21: 334-335. doi: 10.1192/pb.21.6.334
© 1997 The Royal College of Psychiatrists
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Effects of education on attitudes to deliberate self-harm

Gill Turnbull, Psychiatric Liaison Nurse*

Department of Psychological Medicine, The Bethlem Royal and Maudsley Hospital Trust, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AZ

Trudie Chalder, Lecturer

Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, 103 Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AZ

* Correspondence

Accident and emergency (A&E) staff completed a general knowledge and attitude questionnaire related to suicide and deliberate self-harm (DSH) before and after a teaching package. The results showed an increase in general knowledge while attitudes remained the same. Following the teaching package there was an increase in the number of patients who contacted the Specialist Service for DSH.