Psychiatric News (6/20) reports, “Patient suicide has a profound effect on health care professionals, and institutions that train or employ them should develop best practices for suicide education, prevention, and post-suicide intervention, according to a report in Psychiatric Services in Advance.” The report “revealed that more than half of all health care professionals and nearly three-quarters of all psychiatrists have experienced the suicide of a patient; just under half of all psychiatric trainees have experienced the suicide of a patient.”
Related Links:
— “Education, Resources, and Support Needed for Physicians Who Experience Patient Suicide, Psychiatric News, June 20, 2024