Suicide in Youth and Medical Professionals
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Event Overview
Suicide rates in the United States have increased over the last 20 years, while other countries have seen a decrease in suicide rates. Suicide is the second-leading cause of death among people age 15 to 24 in the U.S. Nearly 20% of high school students report serious thoughts of suicide and 9% have made an attempt to take their lives, and each year we lose 300-400 physicians to suicide in the U.S. The vast majority of suicidal individuals have an underlying psychiatric disorder. While as many as 50% of individuals completing suicide may have a underlying diagnosis of depression, suicide may also occur in individuals with a primary diagnosis of bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, substance use disorder, anxiety disorder, and others.
Most individuals dying by suicide do so on their first attempt and within a month of seeing their primary care physician. Suicide screening does not distinguish who will and who will not complete suicide but is an important way to identify and encourage individuals at high risk to pursue mental health treatment
AGENDA
- Introduction (Lowinsky)
- Suicide in Youth: A Pediatrician’s Perspective (McAteer)
- Suicide in Youth: A Psychologist’s Perspective (Steck)
- Suicide Case Scenarios Informed by Bothe Models of Suicide and Neurobiology (Lowinsky)
- Suicide in Physicians: Risk Elevation Begins in Training (Gunter)
- Suicide in a Physician Spouse (Watanabe)
- Suicide Panel Discussion (Gunter, Lowinsky, McAteer, Steck, Watanabe, West)
OBJECTIVES
- List 3 groups of youth at risk for suicide
- Recognize the increased risk of suicide in marginalized populations
- Describe the relationship between adverse childhood experiences and suicide
- Identify the 3 necessary components of suicide in the Interpersonal Theory of Suicide.
- Name the 4 “trait domains” predisposing individuals to suicideList 4 risk factors (individual, social, occupational) for physician suicide
- List 3 systemic barriers to effective care in suicidal physiciansName 3 psychopharmacological treatments that demonstrate anti-suicidal properties across diagnoses
- Explain how the early diagnosis and intervention for mental illness might decrease the rate of suicide in the United States.
Accreditation:
This enduring material has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Indiana State Medical Association (ISMA) through the joint providership of Community Health Network and the Primary Care Psychiatry Foundation. Community Health Network is accredited by ISMA to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Community Health Network designates this enduring material for a maximum of 6.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
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