@article{ref1,
title="The impact of suicide on the caregiver",
journal="Santé mentale au Québec",
year="1994",
author="Pommereau, X. and Delorme, M. and Bonnemaison, B. and Bouthier, C.",
volume="19",
number="2",
pages="83-104",
abstract="Suicide (&quot;the killing of one's self&quot;) raises one crucial question: what does the manifest desire of death bring out in oneself and in others? For those providing care and support who are confronted with the voluntary death of a client or patient, the question is particularly difficult to address. Using the story of a suicide in an institution, the authors reveal the nature of defense mechanisms at play within the group of caregivers. Whether it be a traumatic daze, denial, guilt or depression, these individual and collective reactions to the event hinder the mourning process and threaten cohesion within the institution. Members of an &quot;institution in crisis&quot; must try to relieve their tensions by refraining from withdrawal, banalities, being haunted by suicide and implementing pseudo-solutions. The purpose of such an exercise is especially to avoid the cancellation or displacement of necessary thought process about the origins, implications and consequences of a suicide taking place within an institution. The authors discuss the founding principles and guidelines for group exploration of these phenomena. Without this coming-to-terms with the crisis, the authors point out that the institution could find itself in a rut where discussion focuses only on when and where things went wrong, and how it turned its back on a suffering patient.<p /><p>Language: fr</p>",
language="fr",
issn="0383-6320",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}