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Teaching psychiatry residents about suicide loss: impact of an educational program
Hussam Jefee-Bahloul1, Rebecca C Hanna, Adam M Brenner
1University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX, USA, hussam.jefeebahloul@gmail.com.
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.
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