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Psychologist homicide victims: The National Violent Death Reporting System and other sources
- Source :
- Journal of Clinical Psychology. 78:167-183
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 2021.
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Abstract
- OBJECTIVE Homicide of healthcare workers has been reported but little is known about psychologists as victims of homicide. This study aimed to investigate what is known about homicide of psychologists. METHODS The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Injury Prevention and Control's National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS) provides insights into violent deaths, including homicide. This study interrogated the NVDRS and conducted Internet searches about psychologist decedents of homicide. RESULTS Between 2003 and 2018 the NVDRS identified 12 psychologist homicides. Internet searches revealed 15 psychologist homicides. Only three (11.1%) were known to have been killed by current or former patients. Another was by a colleague's patient. Another assailant was suspected to be a patient. We summarize patterns and circumstances of deaths, address issues related to violence in healthcare, and review selected resources addressing violence prevention. CONCLUSION Psychologists, like other health professionals, may be victims of homicide. Such deaths have diverse contributing factors and are rarely perpetrated by patients. As concern about health professional safety mounts and the NVDRS becomes better established, it will hopefully become a more sensitive, precise, comprehensive and useful mechanism for tracking trends in violent deaths of psychologists and other health professionals and ultimately inform preventative strategies.
- Subjects :
- 050103 clinical psychology
medicine.medical_specialty
Violent death
education
Violence
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
Homicide
Cause of Death
mental disorders
Health care
medicine
Humans
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
Psychiatry
health care economics and organizations
Health professionals
business.industry
05 social sciences
Disease control
United States
030227 psychiatry
Homicide victims
Suicide
Clinical Psychology
Population Surveillance
Psychology
business
human activities
Reporting system
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 10974679 and 00219762
- Volume :
- 78
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Clinical Psychology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....6c95a53f88293b2d70b13abce6a27d47