Subject Guides: Mental Health and Wellness: Suicide: Prevention, Survivors and Other Resources

Suicide and Healthcare Providers

Creating a Safety Net: Preventing Physician Suicide
AAMCNews article on mental health and suicide in the academic medicine community; includes links to recent JAMA studies
DO NO HARM: Resources
From the film "Do No Harm" by two-time Emmy winning producer, Robyn Symon
PAs: It’s Time to Talk About Suicide
From the AAPA
Healthcare professional burnout, depression and suicide prevention
Facts, resources and programs to enable physicians to take better care of themselves and their patients
Physician Suicide: Time to Predict, Protect and Prevent
From the Life in the Fast Lane Emergency Medicine Education blog; includes references
Prevalence of Depression, Depressive Symptoms, and Suicidal Ideation Among Medical Students: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
From the Journal of the American Medical Association
Re: Physician suicide and physician health programs
Letter in the journal General Hospital Psychiatry
Suicidal ideation among students and physicians at a U.S. medical school
Program report published in Omega: Journal of Death and Dying

Why People Die by Suicide by Thomas Joiner
Publication Date: 2007
Written by a clinical psychologist in the FSU Psychology Department

Help & Hope: For Survivors of Suicide Loss
Toolkit from STOP Suicide Northeast Indiana
LossTeam
Postvention program that includes immediate crisis response led by trained survivors of suicide, as well as ongoing support and links to resources
Responding to Grief, Trauma, and Distress After a Suicide: U.S. National Guidelines
Developed by the Survivors of Suicide Loss Task Force of the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention
SOS: A Handbook for Survivors of Suicide
From the American Association of Suicidology

2012 National Strategy for Suicide Prevention: Goals and Objectives for Action
Report of the U.S. Surgeon General and the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
AFSP raises awareness, funds scientific research and provides resources and aid to those affected by suicide
National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention
Public-private partnership advancing the National Strategy for Suicide Prevention
Suicide Prevention Resource Center
Federally-supported; devoted to advancing the National Strategy for Suicide Prevention
Assessment and Management of Patients at Risk for Suicide
Synopsis of the 2019 U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and U.S. Department of Defense Clinical Practice Guidelines