@article{ref1,
title="Teaching psychiatry residents about suicide loss: impact of an educational program",
journal="Academic psychiatry",
year="2014",
author="Brenner, Adam M. and Hanna, Rebecca C. and Jefee-Bahloul, Hussam",
volume="38",
number="6",
pages="768-770",
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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1042-9670",
doi="10.1007/s40596-014-0077-z",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40596-014-0077-z"
}