Jones, StevenKrishna, MuraliRajendra, RajagopalKeenan, Paul2019-05-072019-05-072015-05-20Jones, S., Krishna, M., Rajendra, R. & Keenan, P. (2015). Nurses attitudes and beliefs to attempted suicide in Southern India. Journal of Mental Health, 24(6), 423-429.0963-823710.3109/09638237.2015.1019051http://hdl.handle.net/10034/622203This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Mental Health on 20-5-15, available online: https://doi.org/10.3109/09638237.2015.1019051Background: There is growing global interest into the attitudes and clinical management of persons who have attempted suicide. Aims: The principal purpose was to determine senior nursing staff attitudes towards patients who had attempted suicide from a professional and cultural perspective, which might influence care following hospital admission. The focus concerned nursing staff interactions at a psychological level that compete with physical tasks on general hospital wards. Methods: A qualitative methodology was employed with audio-taped interviews utilising four level data coding. This article reports on a group of 15 nursing staff from a large general hospital in Mysore, Southern India. Results: Findings suggested that patient care and treatment is directly influenced by the nurse’s religious beliefs within a general hospital setting with physical duties prioritised over psychological support, which was underdeveloped throughout the participant group. Conclusion: The results allow a series of recommendations for educational and skills initiatives before progressing to patient assessment and treatment projects and cross-cultural comparison studies. In addition, interventions must focus on current resources and context to move the evidence-based suicide prevention forward.enhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Mental healthnurses attitudespesticideArticle1360-0567Journal of Mental Health