TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2010//
TI  - Patient suicide: a survey of therapists' reactions
JO  - Suicide and life-threatening behavior
A1  - Wurst, Friedrich Martin
A1  - Mueller, Sandra
A1  - Petitjean, Sylvie
A1  - Euler, Sebastian
A1  - Thon, Natasha
A1  - Wiesbeck, Gerhard
A1  - Wolfersdorf, Manfred G.
SP  - 328
EP  - 336
VL  - 40
IS  - 4
N2  - A substantial proportion of therapists will at some point in their professional life experience the loss of a patient to suicide. Our aims were to assess how therapists react to patient's suicide over time and which factors contribute to the reaction. One third of the therapists, mostly women, suffer from severe distress. The impact is not different for therapists in institutional settings and therapists in private practice. The item "overall distress" immediately after the suicide predicts emotional reactions and changes in behavior. Our data suggest that identifying the severely distressed subgroup could be done using a visual analogue scale for overall distress. As a consequence, more specific and intensified help could be provided to these individuals.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0363-0234
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1521/suli.2010.40.4.328
ID  - ref1
ER  -