@article{ref1,
title="Prevalence of trauma- and stress-related symptoms in psychiatrists and trainees following patient suicide in the United States",
journal="Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology",
year="2021",
author="Kablinger, Anita and Barman, Rajdip",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="PURPOSE: Global studies show patient suicides among psychiatrists, including trainees, range from 33 to 80%. To our knowledge, there is no such data in the  United States following a single study in 1988 regarding psychiatrists' or resident  trainees' emotional response to patient suicide. The objective of our study was to  assess the stress- and trauma-related symptoms following patient suicide in  practicing psychiatrists and trainees. <br><br>METHODS: Data were collected by sending an  online version of the survey to randomly selected psychiatrists and residency  programs throughout the United States. Program directors were requested to share the  questionnaires with their residents and fellows in training. Participants' stress  was assessed by the impact of event scale-revised version (IES-R). <br><br>RESULTS: Our  study shows 324 (63.6%) of the participants experienced patient suicide, which  included 292 psychiatrists (76.1%) and 31 trainees (27.2%). Among the respondents,  3.8% of the psychiatrists and 9.7% of the trainees had clinically significant  stress- and trauma-related disorders. <br><br>CONCLUSION: The presence of higher levels of  emotional exhaustion and depression than medical or surgical colleagues depicts the  need for training programs, formal and informal support, workshops, or curricular  changes to address this almost inevitable issue in a psychiatrist's career.  K: Bereavement <p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0933-7954",
doi="10.1007/s00127-020-02023-3",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00127-020-02023-3"
}