Chemtob C M, Hamada R S, Bauer G, Kinney B, Torigoe R Y
University of Hawaii, Honolulu.
Am J Psychiatry. 1988 Feb;145(2):224-8. doi: 10.1176/ajp.145.2.224.
Results of a national survey of randomly selected psychiatrists revealed that 51% (N = 131) of the 259 respondents had had a patient who committed suicide. This event had an impact on both their personal and their professional lives. Sixty-five psychiatrists reported stress levels in the weeks following the suicide that were comparable to levels reported in studies of people seeking treatment after the death of a parent. Younger, less-experienced clinicians were more affected by a patient's suicide than older clinicians with more experience. Implications of these results for the training and practice of psychiatrists are discussed.
一项对随机抽取的精神科医生进行的全国性调查结果显示，在259名受访者中，51%（N = 131）的人曾有患者自杀。这一事件对他们的个人生活和职业生涯都产生了影响。65名精神科医生报告称，在患者自杀后的几周内，他们的压力水平与在父母去世后寻求治疗的人群研究中报告的水平相当。年轻、经验不足的临床医生比经验更丰富的年长临床医生更容易受到患者自杀的影响。本文讨论了这些结果对精神科医生培训和实践的启示。
