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Please give your views on post suicidal among doctors?

In this video, Dr. Nikhil Gauri Shankar, Senior Resident, Institute of Human Behavior & Psychiatry, New Delhi, will give his views on post suicidal among doctors. Any person who has attempted suicide has to be brought to the hospital and he should be assessed by a psychiatrist. Dr. Nikhil will explain that most of the suicides are due to secondary causes of mental illness. A failed suicide attempt can be followed by another attempt. ECT is one of the most recent therapy and has best outcomes in patient with active suicidal thoughts. He will also discuss about crisis intervention.