Effects of Patient Suicide on Professional Practice Among Mental Health Providers

Conclusions: Controlling for demographic/professional differences, clinicians who experienced a patient suicide had more training, knowledge, and felt more comfortable working with suicidal patients. It is critical that sufficient training be available to clinicians, not only to reduce patient deaths, but also to help clinicians increase their comfort, knowledge, skill, and ability to support those bereaved by suicide loss.
Source: Journal of Psychiatric Practice - Category: Psychiatry Tags: Articles Source Type: research