Citation

Al-Mateen CS, Jones K, Linker J, O'Keefe D, Cimolai V. Child Adolesc. Psychiatr. Clin. N. Am. 2018; 27(4): 621-635.

Affiliation

Department of Psychiatry, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Virginia Treatment Center for Children, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, PO Box 980489, Richmond, VA 23298, USA; Department of Psychiatry, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Virginia Treatment Center for Children, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, 1308 Sherwood Avenue, Richmond, VA 23220, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.chc.2018.05.006

PMID

30219223

Abstract

Although suicide is a leading cause of death for children and adolescents, there is a dearth of literature on clinician responses to suicides in that age group. However, most psychiatrists experience the death of a patient by suicide, with resulting grief reactions including shock, isolation, rumination, self-doubt, and impact on clinical decision making. The impact is more pronounced in trainee clinicians. Postvention is the clinical, administrative, legal, and emotional processes following a suicide. These processes are discussed in detail, with recommendations for policies and training that assist clinicians with this tragic, but common, professional crisis.

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Language: en

Keywords

Adolescent; Child; Impact on clinician; Postsuicide; Postvention; Reactions to suicide; Suicide