@article{ref1,
title="Suicide notes: assessing their impact on the bereaved",
journal="Suicide and life-threatening behavior",
year="2019",
author="Feigelman, William and Sanford, Rebecca and Cerel, Julie",
volume="49",
number="3",
pages="859-867",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: Although suicidologists have devoted great interest toward the importance of suicide notes, scant attention has been paid to their impact upon the suicide bereaved. <br><br>METHOD: To address this issue we conducted on an online survey querying 146 mostly American suicide bereaved adults who indicated severe emotional distress after their losses, 80% of whom had lost first degree-relatives. <br><br>RESULTS: We found no significant differences in mental health outcomes between those who received suicide notes and those who had not; nor were differences noted between those whose notes contained helpful or unhelpful information and those who had not received such information. <br><br>CONCLUSION: We also observed poorer mental health outcomes among the suicide bereaved who expected to receive a suicide note after their loved one died-and did not receive any communication- indicating needs for clinical support among this vulnerable subgroup.<br><br>© 2018 The American Association of Suicidology.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0363-0234",
doi="10.1111/sltb.12489",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/sltb.12489"
}