The suicidal person his family and his doctor

The suicidal person his family and his doctor In a systemic lineage we have to ask ourselves what representation of suicide do people with suicidal tendencies have and what is the Impact of suicide on their families and their doctor On the other hand it is advisable to ask ourselves what does suicide mean to their relatives Our practice as psychiatrists in a general hospital leads us also to try and under stand the Image and impact of suicide on the medical staff who constantly aims at saving lives while patients opted for death This act sends us a strong signal of loss of hope and the absence of prospects for suicidal people It has also a strong emotional impact on health practitioners and frequently makes them feel helpless It also sends back to us to the question of the image of death among doctors We will discuss in a first part the adopted attitude in the service of liaison psychiatry in Lausanne We will try and develop then a way of taking care of suicidal patients their families and the medical staff attending them in a systemic approach This is a great ethical and human responsibility to all health practitioners