UW CSPAR’s Jeffrey Sung, MD has a webinar recording that reviews experiences that come up for clinician survivors of suicide loss – the frequency of this occurrence, the impact, emotions, roles & responsibilities and needs for coping.
Guidance for Individual Practitioners
Dr. Sung has also developed Guidelines for Individual Practitioners intended to help identify immediate responsibilities and potential resources and sources of support following a client suicide.
Guidelines for Agency Practices Responding to Client Suicide (SPRC)
Guidelines for Agency Practices Responding to Client Suicide describes the immediate responsibilities, potential resources, and sources of support in the aftermath of a client suicide.
Uniting for Suicide Postvention – Providers (VA)
The VA’s Uniting for Suicide Postvention offers a multimedia resource library that addresses the unique challenges that providers face following a suicide loss.
Additional Resources
- ways to support trainees or organize self-care after a patient dies by suicide (Quyyam, et al, 2021)
- questions to guide how a clinician can engage in self-care following a patient suicide (Valente, 2008)
- questions that can guide a restoration of morale in the face of painful circumstances (Griffith & Gaby, 2003)
