Psykiatrins möte med självmord - Professionella och deras arbete med suicidnära patienter

Sammanfattning: The aim of this thesis is to shed light on professionals experiences from their work with suicidal patients. Eight qualitative interviews were conducted with professionals. The informants consisted of a total of one doctor, three nurses, one counselor, two assistant nurses and one peer support. There is a knowledge gap about how professionals handle and experience work with suicidal patients based on an emotional perspective. This study shows that professionals' work with and around suicidal patients involves a combination of clinical, therapeutic, and collegial skills that unfolds through interpersonal interactions between patients and colleagues. This means that extensive emotional work and the use of surface and deep acting is needed to live up to the feeling rules that exist in psychiatry.