Citation

Valente SM. Am. J. Orthopsychiatry 1994; 64(4): 614-621.

Affiliation

Department of Nursing, University of Southern California, Los Angeles.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1994, American Orthopsychiatric Association, Publisher Wiley Blackwell)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

7847577

Abstract

A patient's suicide may evoke the therapist's personal grief and influence professional competence or suicide prevention skills. The incidence of suicide by patients in therapy is examined and empirical studies of therapist response--which commonly includes grief, guilt, self-blame, anger, fear, and self-doubt--are reviewed. Bereavement theories and support programs are described.

Language: en