EPISODE · Sep 23, 2020 · 17 MIN
What all physicians need to know about suicide prevention
from Quick Takes: A podcast by physicians, for physicians · host Dr. David Gratzer: Physician and Educator at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), Dr. Juveria Zaheer: Psychiatrist and clinician scientist with the Institute for Mental Health Policy Research
“If you have a room of one hundred people, one hundred people in that room have been affected by suicide.”So notes Dr. Juveria Zaheer, CAMH psychiatrist and clinician scientist with the Institute for Mental Health Policy Research, and Dr. David Gratzer’s guest on this episode of Quick Takes.In this 10th episode of Quick Takes, Dr. Gratzer and Dr. Zaheer discuss the weighty topic of suicide. Often a difficult topic for health care providers to deal with, they keep it accessible by focusing on practical issues such as how to approach risk assessment and dealing with a suicidal patient..What you will learn:there’s a complicated relationship between COVID-19 and suicidewhat Dr. Zaheer’s research on suicide has uncoveredwhat some of the warning signs for suicide areways to co-create a safety plan with your patient.The podcast ends with an important reminder that the more we talk about suicide, the more we can all help prevent it. Follow us on Twitter THANKS FOR LISTENING!Quick Takes is a production of the Center for Addiction and Mental Health. You can find links to the relevant content mentioned in the show and accessible transcripts of all the episodes we produce online at CAMH.ca and on the CAMH Global Learning Academy.Follow CAMH Education on X (formerly known as Twitter) @camhEduFollow and subscribe to Reading of the Week where, every week, Dr. David Gratzer reviews research papers from the world of psychiatry.
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“If you have a room of one hundred people, one hundred people in that room have been affected by suicide.” So comments Dr. Juveria Zaheer, CAMH psychiatrist and clinician scientist with the Institute for Mental Health Policy Research. In this episode of Quick Takes, we speak with Dr. Zaheer about suicide and suicide prevention. Will COVID-19 push suicide rates higher? Dr. Zaheer weighs in. We also discuss the evolving literature on suicide, and we speak in practical terms about risk assessments and how to approach the suicidal patient (including co-creating a safety plan). And, yes, Dr. Zaheer – a history buff – does mention her fave presidential biography. We end with an important reminder that the more we talk about suicide, the more we can all help prevent it.
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