Citation

Roston D. Death Stud. 2017; 41(10): 629-634.

Affiliation

b Medical Director, West Central Behavioral Health - Dartmouth Department of Psychiatry , Lebanon , NH , USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/07481187.2017.1335547

PMID

28557671

Abstract

This article is a personal narrative by Diane Roston, M.D. of the suicide of her husband, David, in 2008. It is a powerful and intimate recounting of her thoughts, emotions, and behaviors from the day of her husband's death, up to the present time, as she tries to cope with the shock, trauma, confusion, horror, and intense grief produced by this life-changing event. It also includes her thoughtful reflections on how this experience has changed her personal and her professional life, and has lead to a hard-won sense of meaning and acceptance of the death.

Language: en

Keywords

bereaved professionals; loss of a spouse to suicide; personal narrative of grief after suicide; post-traumatic growth; suicide bereavement