Citation

Eichhorn M, Zanolari M. Psychiatr. Prax. 2001; 28(7): 345-347.

Vernacular Title

Tabuisierung eines familiaren Suizides - mogliche Auswirkungen auf die

Affiliation

Psychiatrische Universitätsklinik Basel/Schweiz. martin.eichhorn@pukbasel.ch

Copyright

(Copyright © 2001, Georg Thieme Verlag)

DOI

10.1055/s-2001-17783

PMID

11600963

Abstract

We introduce the history of a 27 year old woman who lost her mother by suicide at the age of one year. Grown up in the fathers family she came to know the mothers suicide with 14 years. In the same time she had the first contact with the two half-brothers from the mother's side. In this "new" family they discussed open about the suicide, what she perceived as a relief and important for her personal development. The consequences of the rarely studied tabooisation of the family suicide could have impact for the intercourse with the relatives of suicide victims in the clinical work.

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