title: Dyadic death: a typology.
abstract: In dyadic deaths, a second victim acts in consort with, is associated with, or is killed by a person who, contemporaneous with the first death, then suicides. Dyadic deaths thus include both homicide-suicides and suicide pacts. This paper describes, suggests organizing dynamics of, and illustrates distinct types of dyadic deaths. The proposed typology varies by levels of dominance, dependence-enmeshment, and the presence or absence of hostility in and between partners.
authors.affiliation: American Association of Suicidology, Washington, DC 20008, USA.
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Berman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology; D003858:Dependency, Psychological; D005260:Female; D006708:Homicide / Q000523:psychology*; D006791:Hostility; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012059:Rejection, Psychology; D012753:Shared Paranoid Disorder / Q000523:psychology; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology*; D014427:Twins / Q000523:psychology