Source avec lien : Occupational Medicine, 71(4-5). 10.1093/occmed/kqaa192
Le décès soudain d’un collègue de travail est susceptible d’être choquant, bouleversant et déstabilisant. Le terme « postvention du suicide » désigne les mesures prises au sein d’une organisation pour fournir un soutien et une assistance après un décès par suicide de manière efficace et sensible. Bien qu’elles soient sans aucun doute utiles, les lignes directrices existantes en la matière visent généralement les grandes organisations, où le soutien des ressources humaines et les conseils personnels sont souvent disponibles. Les petites entreprises, comme les cabinets de soins de santé primaires, peuvent ne pas avoir accès à un tel soutien et peuvent donc rencontrer des difficultés particulières après le décès par suicide d’un collègue.
The sudden death of a work colleague is likely to be shocking, distressing and destabilizing. A death by suicide can have a wide-ranging impact on co-workers and their well-being and functioning can be seriously impaired. A sensitive, compassionate and supportive approach is therefore required to help people and organizations adjust and recover.A mental health and suicide prevention strategy is a fundamental requirement for organizations, but guidelines on what should be done when an employee dies by suicide are also needed. The term ‘suicide postvention’ refers to the actions taken within an organization to provide support and assistance after a death by suicide in an effective and sensitive way. A postvention toolkit has been recently developed to help employers across sectors respond to such an event which has been well received [1]. There is evidence that healthcare professionals are at higher risk of death by suicide than many other occupational groups [2–6] and postvention guidelines are available to support groups of healthcare practitioners thought to be at particular risk (such as doctors in training and anaesthetists) [7,8]. While undoubtedly useful, existing suicide postvention guidelines generally target larger organizations where support from human resources and personal counselling is likely to be available. Smaller businesses, such as primary healthcare practices, may not have access to such support and can therefore experience particular difficulties after a colleague’s death by suicide.