Guidelines on suicide amongst anaesthetists 2019. (14th November 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Shinde, S.; Yentis, S. M.; Asanati, K.; Coetzee, R. H.; 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.
• Is Part Of: Anaesthesia. Volume 75:Number 1(2020)
• Page Start: 96
• Page End: 108
• Publication Date: 2019-11-14
• Subjects: anaesthetists -- ideation -- stress; suicidal -- suicide; Anesthesia -- Periodicals; 617.96
• DOI: 10.1111/anae.14890
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0003-2409

Abstract

Summary: 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.