About The Course
Suicide is a complex and deeply impactful issue for mental health professionals. Join Dr. Rachel Gibbons as she shares her personal experiences and insights into the psychological, emotional, and philosophical dimensions of suicide. Gain a deeper understanding of the challenges clinicians face and explore organizational strategies to support those affected by these tragic events.
Who Is This Course For?
This course is suitable for:
- Psychiatrists
- General Practitioners (GPs)
- Mental Health Nurse Practitioners (MHNPs)
- Psychologists
- Mental health professionals
- Clinicians working in or expanding into psychiatry and mental health care
Accreditation Information:
- Psychiatry Accreditation: This course is available for self-accreditation with the RANZCP and other relevant psychiatric and mental health organisations.
- GP Accreditation: This course is available for self-accreditation with RACGP for general practitioners.
What You'll Learn
- Understand the complex nature of suicide
- Explore the impact of patient suicide on clinicians
- Discover psychoanalytic insights into the pre-suicidal state
- Learn organisational strategies to support affected clinicians
- Recognise the limitations of risk assessment tools
Course Programme
6 Units | 12 Modules | 1.5 Hours total length
- The Significance of Suicide in Mental Health
- The Psychological, Emotional, and Philosophical Dimensions of Suicide
- The Devastating Impact of Patient Suicides
- Navigating the Organizational and Societal Responses
- Forming a Support Group and Exploring Psychoanalytic Perspectives
- The Importance of Benign Curiosity and Learning from Experiences
- Suicide as a Complex, Unconscious Phenomenon
- Challenges in Predicting and Preventing Individual Suicides
- The Profound Impact of Suicide on the Bereaved
- Addressing Delusional Narratives and Disenfranchised Grief
- Developing Pastoral Care and Reflective Practices
- Moving Away from Risk Assessment Tools
Course Description
Navigating the Impact of Suicide on Clinicians with Dr Rachel Gibbons.
Understanding the impact of suicide on clinicians is a critical area of focus for mental health professionals. In this course, Dr. Rachel Gibbons draws on her personal experiences and extensive knowledge to explore the psychological, emotional, and professional challenges clinicians face when dealing with patient suicides. This course emphasises the importance of providing adequate support and reducing stigma for those affected.
Designed for mental health professionals, including psychiatrists, general practitioners, and allied health professionals, this course offers key insights into navigating the emotional toll of patient suicide. Participants will receive a completion certificate and 1.5 CPD hours upon completion.
Dr. Gibbons’ insights into the suicide impact on clinicians provide valuable guidance for navigating the emotional aftermath of patient suicides. By sharing her early experiences as a consultant psychiatrist, she offers a unique perspective on the complexities of working with individuals at risk of suicide. Her reflections on psychoanalytic insights further enhance our understanding of the unconscious factors that contribute to suicidal behaviours.
Participants will also learn about pre-suicidal vulnerability, a crucial concept in understanding the mental and emotional pain of individuals before a suicide occurs. Dr. Gibbons emphasises that by recognising this vulnerability, clinicians can better assess the subtle signs that often precede a suicide.
What Participants Will Gain from This Course:
- A comprehensive understanding of the suicide impact on clinicians and the psychological toll it takes on professionals.
- Psychoanalytic Insights into the unconscious mechanisms behind suicidal behaviour.
- An exploration of pre-suicidal vulnerability and its role in identifying individuals at risk.
- Practical guidance on forming support groups to help clinicians process the emotional aftermath of patient suicides.
- Tools for improving organizational support and pastoral care for clinicians affected by suicide.
The course provides clinicians with the necessary tools and strategies to navigate these complex emotional challenges, ensuring that both personal and professional support systems are in place. Dr. Gibbons advocates for a shift from risk assessment tools to narrative-based formulations, which allows clinicians to better understand their patients and their own emotional responses.
Take the next step in your professional development and gain the support you need to address these critical challenges. Enrol now to begin your journey.
Gain psychoanalytic insights into the impact of patient suicide on clinicians. Dr. Rachel Gibbons explores the emotional and organisational challenges, offering strategies to navigate this difficult experience effectively.
Course Information
- 1.5 hours
- 1.5 CPD
Inclusions
- 1.5 Hours of Video Lecture
- Course Completion Certificate
Material Downloads
- certificate
Instructors
Dr Rachel Gibbons Guest Speaker
Dr Rachel Gibbons has worked in the NHS in the United Kingdom over the past 20 years in various psychiatric settings as a consultant psychiatrist and consultant medical psychotherapist. She is a psychoanalyst and group analyst and current Chair of the Working Group on the Effect of Suicide and Homicide on Psychiatrists and Vice-Chair of the Psychotherapy Faculty, at the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
Dr Gibbons has been working on suicide and facilitating groups for processing the impact of suicide for the last 14 years. She has recently had 4 papers published on the effect of suicide on clinicians and is co-editor of the Royal College of Psychiatrists book “Seminars in the psychotherapies.” She led the development of the first global guidance for all mental health organisations for the pastoral care of staff following the death by suicide of a patient. This guidance is now in the new National Suicide Prevention Strategy for England.
Dr Sanil Rege Host - MBBS, MRCPsych, FRANZCP
With extensive teaching experience through psychiatry education initiatives, Sanil is recognized as a motivational training facilitator and educator who promotes insightful collaboration and discussion
As the Academic Lead of Psych Scene and Chief Editor of Psych Scene Hub, he aspires to make a difference in mental health by empowering Healthcare Professionals to advance their skills and career through the provision of specialised education and training
Sanil is also founder of Vita Healthcare, a private clinic in Mount Eliza specialising in adult mental healthcare, with over 20 years of clinical experience and 13 years of private practice experience treating disorders across the spectrum. He currently works in the community, across in-patient, consultation-liaison and addiction psychiatry spaces.
