title: Do they suffer more? Reflections on research comparing suicide survivors to other survivors.
abstract: This article contrasts public perceptions of suicide survivors with conclusions based on comparative studies of suicide, fatal accident survivors, and other survivors. Although suicide is commonly thought to cause a particularly burden-some grief, quantitative studies have often failed to support this. We then offer some interpretations of these findings and suggest future pathways for research.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ellenbogen
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gratton
mesh_terms: D001601:Bereavement; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology*; D006117:Grief; D006801:Humans; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000523:psychology*; D017741:Survivors / Q000523:psychology*