Abstract
Objective: The aim of this report is to study the impact of a pilot educational event on psychiatry residents' attitudes towards suicidal patients, understanding of their family members' experience, and intended management of patients who died by suicide. Methods: A panel of suicide loss survivors spoke to psychiatry residents during an educational event. Psychiatry residents who attended the event were asked to complete a survey after the event. Results: About a third of residents (29.4 %) reported encountering a patient suicide during training. Overall, psychiatry residents subjectively felt the program had a positive impact on their understanding of suicide loss and on their attitudes towards suicide and towards engagement with family members of patients who died by suicide. Conclusions: The data collected in this study suggest that educational programs focused on patient suicide from the surviving families' perspective may have a positive impact on the attitudes and future practice of residents.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 768-770 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Academic Psychiatry |
Volume | 38 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 11 2014 |
Keywords
- Psychiatry residents
- Suicide
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Education
- Psychiatry and Mental health