Guidelines on suicide amongst anaesthetists 2019

Anaesthesia. 2020 Jan;75(1):96-108. doi: 10.1111/anae.14890. Epub 2019 Nov 14.

Abstract

Anaesthetists are thought to be at increased risk of suicide amongst the medical profession. The aims of the following guidelines are: increase awareness of suicide and associated vulnerabilities, risk factors and precipitants; to emphasise safe ways to respond to individuals in distress, both for them and for colleagues working alongside them; and to support individuals, departments and organisations in coping with a suicide.

Keywords: anaesthetists; ideation; stress; suicidal; suicide.

MeSH terms

  • Anesthetists / psychology*
  • Anesthetists / statistics & numerical data*
  • Guidelines as Topic
  • Humans
  • Mental Disorders / complications
  • Mental Disorders / diagnosis*
  • Mental Disorders / psychology
  • Risk Factors
  • Stress, Psychological / complications
  • Stress, Psychological / diagnosis*
  • Stress, Psychological / psychology
  • Suicide / psychology*
  • Suicide / statistics & numerical data
  • Suicide Prevention*
  • United Kingdom