Workplace Responses and Psychologists’ Needs Following Client Suicide

Datos Bibliográficos

ID13629012
AutoresMelissa Finlayson (Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia), Janette Graetz Simmonds (0000-0003-0259-4095, Monash University, autor de correspondencia), Janette Simmonds (Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia)
Año2017
Volumen79
Número1
Páginas18-33
Fecha de publicación2017-05-22
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaOMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0030-2228 • E-ISSN: 1541-3764
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0030222817709693
PMID28530495
OpenAlexW2618756255
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas13

This research aimed to explore the role of workplace responses in psychologists' adaptation to client suicides. Participants were 178 psychologists who completed an online self-report questionnaire which included both open and closed questions yielding qualitative and quantitative data. Fifty-six (31.5%) participants reported one or more client suicides. Mixed results were found in terms of perceived support from the workplace following a client suicide. Psychologists reported a need for more open communication in the workplace, peer supports, space to grieve, as well as opportunities to engage in a learning process. The findings have important implications for research and for understanding the role of the workplace postvention. It also raises the need for external support to be accessible for psychologists working in private practice

Adaptation (eye · Medical education · Peer support · Psychiatry · Qualitative research · Applied Psychology · Counseling Practices and Supervision · Medicine · Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research · Psychology · Suicide and Self-Harm Studies