Ness D E, Pfeffer C R
New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, Westchester Division, White Plains, N.Y.
Am J Psychiatry. 1990 Mar;147(3):279-85. doi: 10.1176/ajp.147.3.279.
Although clinical experience suggests that individuals who have been bereaved as a result of suicide may be especially vulnerable to adverse sequelae, such as unusually severe grief or increased risk of committing suicide themselves, the idea that this type of bereavement is special has received only limited systematic investigation. The authors review the literature on the subject, with special attention to the clinical and research evidence about whether bereavement resulting from suicide is different from bereavement due to other types of death, and make suggestions for further clinical and epidemiological research on this question.
尽管临床经验表明，因自杀而失去亲人的个体可能特别容易出现不良后果，比如异常强烈的悲痛或自身自杀风险增加，但这种类型的丧亲之痛具有特殊性这一观点仅得到了有限的系统研究。作者回顾了关于该主题的文献，特别关注了关于自杀导致的丧亲之痛是否与其他类型死亡导致的丧亲之痛不同的临床和研究证据，并就这个问题的进一步临床和流行病学研究提出了建议。
