PMID: 16635866Apr 26, 2006Paper

When a patient commits suicide: an empirical study of psychoanalytic clinicians

The International Journal of Psycho-analysis
Jane G Tillman

Abstract

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.

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Jul 31, 2013·Archives of Suicide Research : Official Journal of the International Academy for Suicide Research·Annelie Werbart TörnblomPer-Anders Rydelius
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