Objective: Homicide of healthcare workers has been reported but little is known about psychologists as victims of homicide. This study aimed to investigate what is known about homicide of psychologists. Methods: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Injury Prevention and Control's National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS) provides insights into violent deaths, including homicide. This study interrogated the NVDRS and conducted Internet searches about psychologist decedents of homicide. Results: Between 2003 and 2018 the NVDRS identified 12 psychologist homicides. Internet searches revealed 15 psychologist homicides. Only three (11.1%) were known to have been killed by current or former patients. Another was by a colleague's patient. Another assailant was suspected to be a patient. We summarize patterns and circumstances of deaths, address issues related to violence in healthcare, and review selected resources addressing violence prevention. Conclusion: Psychologists, like other health professionals, may be victims of homicide. Such deaths have diverse contributing factors and are rarely perpetrated by patients. As concern about health professional safety mounts and the NVDRS becomes better established, it will hopefully become a more sensitive, precise, comprehensive and useful mechanism for tracking trends in violent deaths of psychologists and other health professionals and ultimately inform preventative strategies.

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心理学家凶杀案受害者：国家暴力死亡报告系统和其他来源

目的：有报道称医护人员被杀，但对心理学家作为凶杀受害者知之甚少。这项研究旨在调查对心理学家杀人事件的了解。方法：疾病控制和预防中心的国家伤害预防和控制中心的国家暴力死亡报告系统 (NVDRS) 提供了对包括凶杀在内的暴力死亡的见解。这项研究询问了 NVDRS 并在互联网上搜索了有关杀人犯的心理学家。结果：在 2003 年至 2018 年期间，NVDRS 确定了 12 起心理学家凶杀案。互联网搜索显示了 15 起心理学家凶杀案。已知只有三人（11.1%）被现任或前任患者杀死。另一个是同事的病人。另一名袭击者被怀疑是病人。我们总结了死亡的模式和情况，解决了与医疗保健中的暴力有关的问题，并审查了解决暴力预防的选定资源。结论：心理学家和其他卫生专业人员一样，可能是凶杀案的受害者。此类死亡有多种促成因素，很少由患者实施。随着对卫生专业人员安全的关注和 NVDRS 得到更好的确立，它有望成为一种更敏感、更精确、更全面和有用的机制，用于跟踪心理学家和其他卫生专业人员的暴力死亡趋势，并最终为预防策略提供信息。