Guidelines on suicide amongst anaesthetists 2019.

Shinde S., Yentis SM., Asanati K., Coetzee RH., Cole-King A., Gerada C., Harding K., Hawton K., Hennessy A., Keats P., Kumar N., McGlennan A., Pappenheim K., Plunkett E., Prior K., Rowland A.

Anaesthetists are thought to be at increased risk of suicide amongst the medical profession. The aims of the following guidelines are: increase awareness of suicide and associated vulnerabilities, risk factors and precipitants; to emphasise safe ways to respond to individuals in distress, both for them and for colleagues working alongside them; and to support individuals, departments and organisations in coping with a suicide.

DOI

10.1111/anae.14890

Type

Journal article

Journal

Anaesthesia

Publication Date

01/2020

Volume

75

Pages

96 - 108

Keywords

anaesthetists, ideation, stress; suicidal, suicide, Anesthetists, Guidelines as Topic, Humans, Mental Disorders, Risk Factors, Stress, Psychological, Suicide, United Kingdom

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