@article{ref1,
title="The aftermath of a suicide attempt: The emotional impact on patient and psychiatrist. A pilot study",
journal="Clinical neuropsychiatry",
year="2008",
author="Scocco, P. and Corinto, B. and Pavan, L.",
volume="5",
number="5",
pages="240-244",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: An attempted suicide is accompanied by an emotional reaction not only in the attempter but also in significant others, including health providers. We compared emotional reaction to attempted suicide in a group of attempters and their attending psychiatrists. <br><br>METHOD: A questionnaire-based interview was administered to a sample of 10 patients admitted to a psychiatric facility for attempted suicide and 10 psychiatrists (senior or resident psychiatrists) treating them prior to the act. <br><br>RESULTS: The emotions most frequently reported by the therapists were frustration, sadness and impotence. Those expressed by the patients were: anger, despair, loneliness, sadness, shame, nervousness/irritation and impotence. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: This small sample showed that patients expressed a wide range of feelings. The resident psychiatrists reported a higher number of emotional manifestations than did their senior colleagues. Guilt and shame were not expressed by the psychiatrists, although a sense of reparative guilt transpired from some responses. © 2008 Giovanni Fioriti Editore s.r.l.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1724-4935",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}