Suicide internalized: an existential sequestrum.
Suicidal bereavement involves more than the personalized reaction to the death of another. The bereaved is also left with the cognitive and emotional dilemma of death as a chosen option for existence. This existential contradiction creates enduring changes in cognitive and emotional perspective. The author reviews these changes and their therapeutic implications.
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology; D001293:Attitude to Death; D005086:Existentialism; D006117:Grief; D006801:Humans; D011613:Psychotherapy; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology*