Guidelines on suicide amongst anaesthetists 2019

S Shinde¹, S M Yentis², K Asanati³, R H Coetzee⁴, A Cole-King⁵, C Gerada⁶, K Harding⁷, K Hawton⁸, A Hennessy⁹, P Keats¹⁰, N Kumar¹¹, A McGlennan¹², K Pappenheim¹⁰, E Plunkett¹³, K Prior¹⁴, A Rowland¹⁵

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¹ Department of Anaesthesia, Southmead Hospital, North Bristol NHS Trust, Vice-President, Association of Anaesthetists and Co-Chair, Association of Anaesthetists Working Party, Bristol, UK.
² Department of Anaesthesia, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Co-Chair, Association of Anaesthetists Working Party, London, UK.
³ Occupational Health Services, Epsom and St. Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust, Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer, Imperial College London, London, UK.
⁴ Psychiatry, Defence Medical Services, UK.
⁵ Department of Liaison Psychiatry, Glan Clwyd Hospital, Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, Wales, UK.
⁶ NHS Practitioner Health, London, UK.
⁷ Palliative Care Doctor and part-time GP, Hereford, UK.
⁸ Centre for Suicide Research, University Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, Oxford, UK.
⁹ Department of Anaesthesia, Beaumont Hospital, Honorary Secretary, College of Anaesthesiologists of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland.
¹⁰ Association of Anaesthetists, London, UK.
¹¹ Health Education England - North East, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
¹² Chase Farm Hospital, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
¹³ Department of Anaesthesia, University Hospitals Birmingham, UK.
¹⁴ Department of Anaesthesia, King's College Hospital, Surgeon Commander, Royal Navy; Royal College of Anaesthetists representative, London, UK,, London, UK.
¹⁵ Business Transformation and Safeguarding for Fitness to Practise, General Medical Council, London, UK.

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DOI: 10.1111/anae.14890

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Guidelines on suicide amongst anaesthetists 2019

S Shinde et al. Anaesthesia. 2020 Jan.

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. 2020 Jan;75(1):96-108.

doi: 10.1111/anae.14890. Epub 2019 Nov 14.

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¹ Department of Anaesthesia, Southmead Hospital, North Bristol NHS Trust, Vice-President, Association of Anaesthetists and Co-Chair, Association of Anaesthetists Working Party, Bristol, UK.
² Department of Anaesthesia, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Co-Chair, Association of Anaesthetists Working Party, London, UK.
³ Occupational Health Services, Epsom and St. Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust, Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer, Imperial College London, London, UK.
⁴ Psychiatry, Defence Medical Services, UK.
⁵ Department of Liaison Psychiatry, Glan Clwyd Hospital, Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, Wales, UK.
⁶ NHS Practitioner Health, London, UK.
⁷ Palliative Care Doctor and part-time GP, Hereford, UK.
⁸ Centre for Suicide Research, University Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, Oxford, UK.
⁹ Department of Anaesthesia, Beaumont Hospital, Honorary Secretary, College of Anaesthesiologists of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland.
¹⁰ Association of Anaesthetists, London, UK.
¹¹ Health Education England - North East, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
¹² Chase Farm Hospital, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
¹³ Department of Anaesthesia, University Hospitals Birmingham, UK.
¹⁴ Department of Anaesthesia, King's College Hospital, Surgeon Commander, Royal Navy; Royal College of Anaesthetists representative, London, UK,, London, UK.
¹⁵ Business Transformation and Safeguarding for Fitness to Practise, General Medical Council, London, UK.

PMID: 31729019
DOI: 10.1111/anae.14890

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[No authors listed] [No authors listed] Anaesthesia. 2020 Mar;75(3):406. doi: 10.1111/anae.15004. Epub 2020 Jan 23. Anaesthesia. 2020. PMID: 32022917 No abstract available.

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.

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