

Caregiver Stress, Depression, Coping, and Suicide Risk: Carol Dean, LPC Offers Help
Episode notes
Forty-eight peer-reviewed journal articles, spanning low-, middle-, and high-income countries and a variety of illnesses and disabilities indicate that the proportion of caregivers experiencing suicidal ideation ranged from 2.7% to 71%, with evidence of suicide attempts, deaths by suicide, and deaths by homicide-suicide also reported. There is sufficient evidence to warrant concern for caregivers around the world and prompt action in policy and practice, but more rigorous research is required to draw clear, nuanced conclusions about risk and inform evidence-based prevention and intervention. We are grateful to Licensed Professional Counselor Carol Dean for joining us on Life After...THAT! She has helped many people cope with the challenges of caregiving. In this episode, she will talk ab ...