ICPS
2021 APS Virtual Convention · 2021
Suicide Exposure and Suicide Likelihood in Emergency Medical Professionals
- Kristy Keefe
Western Illinois University - Jonathan Hammersley
Western Illinois University - Naoyuki Sunami
University of Delaware - Sydney Pryor
Western Illinois University - Ronald Morgan
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
Abstract
Emergency Medical Professionals (EMPs) contemplate suicide at high rates. However, Joiner’s (2005) interpersonal theory of suicide has not been widely tested in EMPs. A survey of 878 EMPs identified that on-the-job suicide exposure was associated with one’s own suicide likelihood, and mediated by reported PTSD symptoms but not depersonalization.
Suicide
