The Role of Psychiatric Nurses in Suicide Prevention Among Adolescents

Abstract

The purpose was to determine the role of psychiatric nurses in suicide prevention among adolescents. The tenth most frequent cause of mortality for adults is suicide. Since patients frequently contacted primary health care (PHC) before committing suicide rather than seeking specialized psychiatric care, PHC plays a significant role in suicide prevention efforts. Psychiatric nurses play a crucial role in suicide prevention efforts since they frequently have the initial interaction with adolescents and are in charge of triage and assessment. The voices of psychiatric nurses are absent from prior research on suicide prevention in primary care settings. A primary health care (PHC) Rahim Yar Khan (RYK), ten (10) psychiatric nurses participated in qualitative interviews. Conventional content analysis methods were used to analyze the data. Psychiatric nurses may refrain from inquiring about suicidality out of concern for how to respond to the response. Both education and real-world experience are essential to psychiatric nurses' capacity to prevent suicide. Helping the patient proceed to the next care facility proved to be challenging, and it was unclear who was ultimately responsible for the patient. Guidelines and procedures for working together with other care actors in suicide prevention efforts were required. Nurses require favourable working conditions because the PHC-RYK organization does not assist them in preventing suicide. Education and training in the ongoing therapeutic practice, which can be done with less intensive efforts, need to offer suicide prevention more attention and space