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Most difficult experiences of being a psychiatrist is the death of a patient under your care by suicide.
You try your best that it would never happen but when it does, it can have devastating consequences on your own mental health.
You try your best that it would never happen but when it does, it can have devastating consequences on your own mental health.
You never forget that moment when you found out about patient suicide and also that case.
You may feel like a complete failure, blame yourself and rumminate on what went wrong.
There is also the stress of facing an inquiry and inquest.
You may feel like a complete failure, blame yourself and rumminate on what went wrong.
There is also the stress of facing an inquiry and inquest.
I know at least two junior doctors who quit Psychiatry following a patient suicide.
There may have been other reasons as well to leave Psychiatry but stress of suicide added to the pressure.
There may have been other reasons as well to leave Psychiatry but stress of suicide added to the pressure.
If a patient dies by suicide - By RCPsych.
The resources has been developed with the help of members who have experienced the death of a patient by suicide during their careers. https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/members/supporting-you/if-a-patient-dies-by-suicide
The resources has been developed with the help of members who have experienced the death of a patient by suicide during their careers. https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/members/supporting-you/if-a-patient-dies-by-suicide
