Citation

Tal I, Mauro C, Reynolds CF, Shear MK, Simon N, Lebowitz B, Skritskaya N, Wang Y, Qiu X, Iglewicz A, Glorioso D, Avanzino J, Wetherell JL, Karp JF, Robinaugh D, Zisook S. Death Stud. 2016; 41(5): 267-275.

Affiliation

h Department of Psychiatry , University of California San Diego , La Jolla , CA , USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/07481187.2016.1265028

PMID

27892842

Abstract

We compared baseline demographic characteristics, clinical features, and grief-related thoughts, feelings and behaviors of individuals bereaved by suicide, accident/homicide and natural causes participating in a complicated grief (CG) treatment clinical trial. Severity of CG and depression and current depression diagnosis did not vary by loss type. After adjusting for baseline demographic features, time since death and relationship to the deceased, those with CG after suicide had the highest rates of lifetime depression, pre-loss passive suicidal ideation, self-blaming thoughts, and impaired work and social adjustment. Even among this treatment-seeking sample of research participants with CG, suicide survivors may face unique challenges.

Language: en