Do They Suffer More? Reflections on Research Comparing Suicide Survivors to Other Survivors

This article contrasts public perceptions of suicide survivors with conclusions based on comparative studies of suicide, fatal accident survivors, and other survivors. Although suicide is commonly thought to cause a particularly burdensome grief, quantitative studies have often failed to support thi...

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Published inSuicide & life-threatening behavior Vol. 31; no. 1; pp. 83 - 90
Main Authors Ellenbogen, Stephen, Gratton, Francine
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2001
Guilford
Subjects
Accidents
Attitude towards mental illness
Behavior
Bereavement
Biological and medical sciences
Depression - psychology
Evidence
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Grief
Humans
Literature Reviews
Medical sciences
Perceptions
Psychology
Psychology and medicine
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Resistance (Psychology)
Social psychiatry. Ethnopsychiatry
Suicide
Suicide, Attempted - psychology
Suicides & suicide attempts
Survivors - psychology
Thanatology
Victims of Crime
Social environment
Human
Attitude
Survivor
Family environment
Emotion emotionality
Personality
Mourning
Suicide
Attribution
Judgment
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Summary:This article contrasts public perceptions of suicide survivors with conclusions based on comparative studies of suicide, fatal accident survivors, and other survivors. Although suicide is commonly thought to cause a particularly burdensome grief, quantitative studies have often failed to support this. We then offer some interpretations of these findings and suggest future pathways for research.
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This article was made possible thanks to the Conseil Québécois de Recherche Sociale and the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Montreal, which funded the project Le Suicide: Un Secret de Famille.
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ISSN:0363-0234
1943-278X
DOI:10.1521/suli.31.1.83.21315