The death of a friend, a colleague, a relative, or a patient can be a devastating experience, particularly when that death is. self deter- mined. It is devastating to us as human beings to lose someone we cared about; it is devastating to us as professionals to wonder what we might have done that could have helped; and it is devastating to us as psychiatrists, because it makes us realize that for all we do know, there is still a great deal more that we do not know. When the person exhibiting suicidal behaviors or completing the act of self-murder (as the Germans call it) is a child or...
The death of a friend, a colleague, a relative, or a patient can be a devastating experience, particularly when that death is. self deter- mined. It i...
