Confronting Healthcare Worker Suicide in Today’s Healthcare Environment: Free

Description

This program is meant to reduce stigma and equip individuals with strategies to identify, address, and prevent healthcare worker suicide. It will begin with a discussion of the scope of physician, nurse, and other healthcare provider suicide. Barriers to care, including stigma, fear of consequences, lack of access, and healthcare culture, will be described, followed by a discussion of strategies to overcome these barriers. Once the scope is understood and barriers to care are addressed, clinicians are better equipped to apply evidence-informed strategies known to prevent suicide. Key interventions will be discussed as they apply specifically to the healthcare workforce.

Webinar recorded on January 23, 2026.

Learning Objectives

1. Explain the scope of healthcare worker suicide
2. Describe at least 3 barriers to suicide prevention care experienced by healthcare providers
3. Employ interventions and strategies to reduce the suicide risk of healthcare providers

About the Presenter

Dr. Sidney Zisook, M.D. is a University of California San Diego (UCSD) Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry. He completed medical school at the Stitch-Loyola School of Medicine, residency at Massachusetts General Hospital and a clinical fellowship in psychiatry at Harvard University. As co-founder of the San Diego Chapter of American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) in 2007, he launched and co-led a healthcare team suicide prevention program, the Healer Education, Assessment and Referral (HEAR ) program, for the UC San Diego medical school and health science community. He also was the founding director of the UCSD Physician Peer Support Program and serves on the Scientific Council of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, Scientific Advisory Board of the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance, Board of Directors of the American College of Psychiatry. Dr. Zisook’s academic interests include grief and bereavement, treatment resistant depression, suicide prevention with a special emphasis on healthcare workforce suicide prevention, and psychiatric education. He has published over 400 scientific articles, chapters and books in these areas.