Workplace & Work-Related Suicide: Prevention, supporting grief and preparing for the worst.

Suicide is the deliberate ending of one’s own life and by its very nature it is difficult to study. Links between certain occupations and suicide have existed for decades. However, questions around jobs being the cause of suicide or if the temperament and backgrounds of people drawn to certain occupations makes suicide in that occupational group more likely have been posed for years. Some workplaces refuse to address suicide outbreaks among their employees and cases of this are presented here. The UK saw suicidal deaths decrease year on year from 1991 until 2006, reaching an all-time low of around 6000 deaths per year. Following the global recession of 2007, suicides began increasing, and the link between workplaces and suicide has become an important issue. The UK Health and Safety Executive does not require workplace suicides to be reported, so establishing the size of workplace and work-related suicides has some challenges.

Keywords: Suicide; Occupational Factors; Prevention; Understanding; Post-vention Planning;