A Blueprint for Health Care Leaders to Support Staff After Physician Suicide
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The episode discusses the creation of Geisinger's Personnel Crisis Response Team in response to physician suicides and the importance of mental health support in healthcare.
The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline provides free and confidential emotional support to people in suicidal crisis or emotional distress 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, across the United States. Call or text 988 or text TALK to 741741. Claim CME for this episode: https://bit.ly/43JSDDn Explore the Preventing Physician Suicide toolkit: https://bit.ly/4bYQpBP Explore the After a Physician Suicide toolkit: https://bit.ly/3yEstFz Explore the Collective Trauma toolkit: https://bit.ly/4c3e9Ff Follow STEPS Forward on LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/steps-forward-linkedin When three colleagues died by suicide within a year, Geisinger didn't just grieve, they built a system. In this AMA STEPS Forward Podcast®, host Kevin Hopkins, MD speaks with Halle Ellison MD, MAS PSHQ, FACS, Director of Physician and APP Well-being, and Stephanie Andreacci, LCSW, Peer Support Program Manager, about the creation and evolution of Geisinger's Personnel Crisis Response Team (PCRT). What started as an effort to coordinate a fragmented, siloed response has grown into a comprehensive, proactive framework with 160 activations in just three years. Dr. Ellison and Stephanie share how they tackled stigma, changed language…
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