It’s Awful When We Get It Wrong”
An Exploratory Qualitative Study of Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors’ Perspectives on Suicide
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13627772 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Emily M Lund (0000-0003-2031-1415, Department of Community Psychology, Counseling, and Family Therapy, St. Cloud State University, MN, USA, corresponding author), Jared C Schultz (Utah State University), Katie Thomas (Milwaukee VA Medical Center), Katie B Thomas (Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI, USA), Michael R Nadorff (0000-0002-8107-7514, Mississippi State University), Dalia Chowdhury (0000-0002-6258-3745, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, USA), Kate Galbraith (Utah State Office of Rehabilitation, Salt Lake City, UT, USA) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 81 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 551-566 |
| Publication date | 2018-07-10 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0030-2228 • E-ISSN: 1541-3764 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0030222818783933 |
| PMID | 29989499 |
| OpenAlex | W2882497573 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 15 |
Despite the high prevalence of suicide among people with disabilities, little research has explored suicide in the context of the vocational rehabilitation (VR) system. We analyzed the responses of 27 VR counselors who responded to an open-ended qualitative prompt regarding their experiences with suicide training and competency. Key themes included a desire for more training on suicide and the experience of seeking and receiving suicide training and experience outside of VR. Responses also underscored the heavy emotional impact of working with suicidal clients, especially when one feels unprepared to do so. These results suggest that it is important to provide VR counselors with resources and training for addressing suicide in their client populations
Context (archaeology · Exploratory research · Medical emergency · Pedagogy · Poison control · Qualitative research · Suicide prevention · Vocational education · Vocational rehabilitation · Applied Psychology · Clinical Psychology · Medicine · Mental Health Treatment and Access · Psychology · Rehabilitation · Suicide and Self-Harm Studies · Traumatic Brain Injury Research
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |