Nurse suicide in the United States: Analysis of the Center for Disease Control 2014 National Violent Death Reporting System dataset.

Judy E Davidson, James Proudfoot, Kelly Lee, Sidney Zisook

Archives of psychiatric nursing 2019 Oct

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This study explored nurse suicide in the United States. Characteristics were compared between occupations using 2014 National Violent Death Reporting System data. Female nurse suicides were significantly higher (11.97/100,000) than in the female population (7.58/100,000) (p < 0.001); similarly male nurses (39.8/100,000) compared to the male population (28.2/100,000) (p < 0.001). Benzodiazepines and opioids were the most commonly used substances used in clinician suicide. These results suggest a public health imperative for future research and development of effective preventative strategies for nurses; a largely understudied population. Copyright © 2019 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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Judy E Davidson, James Proudfoot, Kelly Lee, Sidney Zisook. Nurse suicide in the United States: Analysis of the Center for Disease Control 2014 National Violent Death Reporting System dataset. Archives of psychiatric nursing. 2019 Oct;33(5):16-21