A significant number of people in our country are dealing with the effects of PTSD and it often goes overlooked or ignored. With the amount of added pressure CRNAs and SRNAs have due to the job, it shouldn’t be a surprise that suicides happen too often among our peers. So how do you identify issues and help those you think might be struggling? We’ve asked mental health experts Jerry Hogan, DNSc, CRNA and Chuck Griffis, PhD, CRNA to join the show to help us all learn more about the struggles people are facing and what can be done to prevent suicides in the future. Read more: https://beyondthemaskpodcast.com/2915-2/2915/ Get the CE certificate here: https://beyondthemaskpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Beyond-the-Mask-CE-Cert-FILLABLE.pdf What we discuss on this episode: 4:31 – Background on Jerry 8:40 – Background on Chuck 13:15 – Why this topic is so important right now 16:19 – How PTSD goes undiagnosed 21:48 – Examples of PTSD in CRNAs 25:54 – The amount of people affected by this 29:26 – CRNAs prone to suicide 34:35 – If you know someone that might be facing this 41:08 – Statistics 42:43 – Resources the AANA offers 50:25 – How do you know if you have PTSD? 56:27 – Improving education 59:53 – Study Griffis is doing

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