Clinician Survivor Task Force

Clinicians as Survivors: After a Suicide Loss


updated 9 apr 2008	updated 5 aug 2008	updated 31 aug 2009	updated 10 jul 2001	updated 22 sep 2009	updated 14 jun 2000	updated 21 sep 2009

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suicide survivor: an individual who remains alive following the suicide death of someone with whom they had a significant relationship or emotional bond

Resources

Basic Information About Clinicians as Survivors

Categorized Bibliography

Annotated References

Personal Accounts of Clinician Survivors

Clinicians Who May Be Contacted About Client Suicide

Postvention Information

The Task Force conducted two research projects regarding clinicians as survivors of client suicide. If you would like to complete the most recent second study's research instrument or provide input about it, click here, print the instrument, complete it, and mail it to John McIntosh, Ph.D., Dept. of Psychology, Indiana University South Bend, PO Box 7111, South Bend, IN 46634 [The f irst study's version of the instrument is found here.]

You will need Adobe Reader (download free) to read and print this instrument.

This website is created and maintained by the American Association of Suicidology's Clinician Survivor Task Force

The Task Force is co-chaired by Dr. Nina J. Gutin and Dr. Vanessa L. McGann who may be contacted by email at ngutin@earthlink.net and VLMcGann@aol.com.

The website is maintained by John L. McIntosh, PhD who may be contacted by email at jmcintos@iusb.edu

Task Force Mission Statement

The Clinician Survivor Task Force, under the auspices of the American Association of Suicidology, will provide consultation, support and education to psychotherapists and other mental health professionals to assist them in understanding and responding to their personal/professional loss resulting from the suicide death of a patient/client and/or family member.

- personal communication by Marshall Swartzburg to Frank A. Jones, Jr. in 1981, the day after a client died by suicide

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last updated 9 april 2008

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Two pictures from the 2001 meeting of the Task Force may be found among those here.