TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1993//
TI  - The Stress of Patient Suicidal Behavior During Clinical Training: Incidence, Impact, and Recovery
JO  - Professional psychology: research and practice
A1  - Kleespies, P.M.
A1  - Penk, W.E.
A1  - Forsyth, J.P.
SP  - 293
EP  - 303
VL  - 24
IS  - 3
N2  - This study enhances and replicates an earlier study (Kleespies, Smith, & Becker, 1990) on the incidence and impact of patient suicidal behavior on psychology interns/trainees, using a much larger sample, a broader spectrum of patient suicidal behaviors, and more adequate comparison groups. The findings indicate that more than 1: 4 interns/trainees needed to deal with a patient suicide attempt, and that 1: 9 had to cope with a patient suicide completion. Stress level followed a graduated increase in impact with increasing severity of patient suicidal behavior (i.e., from suicidal ideation to suicide attempt to suicide completion). Trainees who had a patient suicide were distinguished from those who experienced patient suicide ideation by significantly greater feelings of shock, disbelief, failure, sadness, self-blame, guilt, shame, and depression. <br><br>RESULTS are discussed in terms of the importance of developing mechanisms to assist trainees in anticipating and working through the strong psychological impact of losing a patient through a self-inflicted death.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0735-7028
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0735-7028.24.3.293
ID  - ref1
ER  -