Investigating how patient suicide affects personal and professional lives of psychiatrists and psychiatrists in training in Ireland
Ultimately, there is a need for greater access to guidelines/policy and occupational support for psychiatrists to assist their responses. This study provides much-needed insight into the landscape of experiences and needs of psychiatrists in Ireland who experienced a patient death by suicide.
Authors
- Paul E. Corcoran (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1201-7136)
- Eibhlín H. Walsh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8300-2997)
- Anne Marie Doherty (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6995-5361)
- Aoibhinn Lynch
- Philip Dodd (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1131-1803)
- Cliodhna O’Brien
Institutions
- University College Dublin (IE)
- National College of Ireland (IE)
- American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (US)
- Mater Misericordiae University Hospital (IE)
- National Suicide Research Foundation (IE)
- Royal College of Psychiatrists (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine
- Published
- 2025-08-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1017/ipm.2025.10078
- Primary Topic
- Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00