This episode contains discussion of suicide and its impact
Losing a patient or colleague to suicide can be devastating. In this episode Dr Rachel Gibbons (psychiatrist, psychoanalyst and group analyst) talks about her personal experience of surviving patient suicide and the work she has done to understand suicide and homicide; its impact on healthcare staff; and what helps.
The Royal College of Psychiatrists has produced a number of resources to support staff when a patient dies by suicide - you can find them here.
If you've been affected by the issues in this episode you can get help from a range of organisations.
Samaritans Call 116 123 Email jo@samaritans.org
Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM) Call 0800 58 58 58 – 5pm to midnight every day or visit the webchat page
Papyrus – for people under 35 Call 0800 068 41 41 – 9am to midnight every day. Text 07860 039967 pat@papyrus-uk.org
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