TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1977//
TI  - Preventing physician suicide. the role of family, colleagues, and organized medicine
JO  - JAMA journal of the American Medical Association
A1  - Raskin, H.
A1  - Petty, T. A.
A1  - Jensen, V. W.
A1  - Sargent, D. A.
SP  - 143
EP  - 145
VL  - 237
IS  - 2
N2  - Psychological barriers in the minds of the failing physician, his family, and colleagues may thwart prevention of physician-suicide. The failing physician may be shunned by colleagues for his disturbed behavior. He denies illness, resorts to self-medication, and avoids treatment. Recognition and rational handling of this presuicidal state may be hindered by the need of the doctor, family, and colleagues to preserve a fantasy of the doctor's omnipotence. Treatment also may be impeded by the failing physician's reluctance to form a therapeutic relationship with the treating psychiatrist. The psychiatrist must help his doctor-patient to determine if he should continue practicing. The key to successful intervention may depend solely on our awareness and handling of these problems.
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SN  - 0098-7484
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -