When a patient commits suicide

An empirical study of psychoanalytic clinicians

Dados Bibliográficos

ID8971223
AutoresJane G Tillman (0000-0002-6879-3524, Austen Riggs Center, 25 Main StStockbridge, MA 01262USA, autor correspondente)
Ano2006
Volume87
Fascículo1
Páginas159-177
Data de publicação2006-02-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoThe International Journal of Psychoanalysis (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0020-7578 • E-ISSN: 1745-8315
EditoraTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1516/6ubb-e9de-8ucw-uv3l
PMID16635866
OpenAlexW2067176347
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas7
Referências citadas31

Twelve psychoanalysts/psychoanalytic psychotherapists who had a patient commit suicide while in treatment, or shortly after leaving treatment, were interviewed to gain a deeper understanding of the effects of patient suicide on the clinician. A phenomenological research interview was used to gather data, and a psychoanalytic lens was used to interpret the data, generating a descriptive account of the experience of having a patient commit suicide. Thematic analysis of the transcripts yielded eight common themes associated with the clinician's subjective experience of having a patient suicide. The eight themes may be broadly grouped into three general structures: I. Traumatic loss and grief; II. Interpersonal relationships; and III. Professional identity concerns

Commit · Grief · Identity (music · Interpersonal communication · Medical emergency · Poison control · Psychiatry · Psychoanalysis · Psychoanalytic theory · Psychotherapist · Qualitative research · Sociology · Suicide prevention · Thematic analysis · Counseling Practices and Supervision · Medicine · Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications · Social Psychology