Depression stigma and management of suicidal callers: a cross-sectional survey of crisis hotline counselors.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Crisis hotlines play a key role in suicide prevention worldwide following different approaches regarding risk assessment and management of suicidality. This is to our knowledge the first study investigating depression stigma in crisis hotline counselors. The association between stigma and self-rated knowledge and their exploration of suicide risk and consecutive management of suicidal callers is being investigated. METHODS:Data on depression stigma, self-rated knowledge, self-reported exploration and management of suicidality was collected from 893 counselors working for the German crisis hotline. Stigma in counselors had been compared to matched population sample (1002). RESULTS:Crisis hotline counselors reported significantly lower depression stigma compared to the general pop

SUBMITTER: Heinz I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6836490 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature