Experience, training and recognition of suicide potential

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More accurate clinical judgement has traditionally been considered an important product of training and experience. Although most training programmes are founded upon this premise, research findings have not always supported this. In fact a large body of literature has failed to demonstrate any relationship between the amount of clinical experience and training and the level of accuracy in clinical judgement. However, the conclusion that training and experience are unrelated to accuracy must be accepted cautiously, for it has largely been based on studies replete with serious methodological shortcomings. The aim of the present investigation was to minimize these problems while further examining this relationship with respect to the recognition of suicide potential, and the related question of confidence in judgement. The sample ultimately consisted of 185 individuals of varying levels of training and professional experience in psychology. Each subject completed a research instrument sp

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