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Occupational exposure to suicide: A review of research on the experiences of mental health professionals and first responders
Exposure to suicide is a major factor for suicidality. Mental health professionals and first responders are often exposed to suicide while on-duty. The objective of this scoping review is to describe the state of current research on exposure to suicide among mental health professionals and first res...
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Public Library of Science
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8087020/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33930087 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0251038 |
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author | de Lyra, Renan Lopes McKenzie, Sarah K. Every-Palmer, Susanna Jenkin, Gabrielle |
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description | Exposure to suicide is a major factor for suicidality. Mental health professionals and first responders are often exposed to suicide while on-duty. The objective of this scoping review is to describe the state of current research on exposure to suicide among mental health professionals and first responders, focusing on the prevalence and impact of exposure to suicide, and to identify current gaps in the literature. We searched MEDLINE, Scopus, PsychNET, and Web of Science and identified 25 eligible papers. Between 31.5–95.0% of professionals had been exposed to suicide. Exposure to suicide had impacts on personal life, professional life, and mental health; and caused emotional distress. There was little research investigating exposure to suicide among police officers, firefighters, and paramedics. More research existed on mental health professionals, but none assessed exposure to suicide as a risk for suicide amongst this group. The review concludes that exposure to suicide is distressing for mental health professionals, and likely to be for first responder however, more research on these groups, especially paramedics, is required. |
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spelling | pubmed-80870202021-05-06 Occupational exposure to suicide: A review of research on the experiences of mental health professionals and first responders de Lyra, Renan Lopes McKenzie, Sarah K. Every-Palmer, Susanna Jenkin, Gabrielle PLoS One Research Article Exposure to suicide is a major factor for suicidality. Mental health professionals and first responders are often exposed to suicide while on-duty. The objective of this scoping review is to describe the state of current research on exposure to suicide among mental health professionals and first responders, focusing on the prevalence and impact of exposure to suicide, and to identify current gaps in the literature. We searched MEDLINE, Scopus, PsychNET, and Web of Science and identified 25 eligible papers. Between 31.5–95.0% of professionals had been exposed to suicide. Exposure to suicide had impacts on personal life, professional life, and mental health; and caused emotional distress. There was little research investigating exposure to suicide among police officers, firefighters, and paramedics. More research existed on mental health professionals, but none assessed exposure to suicide as a risk for suicide amongst this group. The review concludes that exposure to suicide is distressing for mental health professionals, and likely to be for first responder however, more research on these groups, especially paramedics, is required. Public Library of Science 2021-04-30 /pmc/articles/PMC8087020/ /pubmed/33930087 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0251038 Text en © 2021 Lyra et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article de Lyra, Renan Lopes McKenzie, Sarah K. Every-Palmer, Susanna Jenkin, Gabrielle Occupational exposure to suicide: A review of research on the experiences of mental health professionals and first responders |
title | Occupational exposure to suicide: A review of research on the experiences of mental health professionals and first responders |
title_full | Occupational exposure to suicide: A review of research on the experiences of mental health professionals and first responders |
title_fullStr | Occupational exposure to suicide: A review of research on the experiences of mental health professionals and first responders |
title_full_unstemmed | Occupational exposure to suicide: A review of research on the experiences of mental health professionals and first responders |
title_short | Occupational exposure to suicide: A review of research on the experiences of mental health professionals and first responders |
title_sort | occupational exposure to suicide: a review of research on the experiences of mental health professionals and first responders |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8087020/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33930087 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0251038 |
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