title: Death thoughts and images in treatment-seekers after violent loss.
abstract: Violent loss survivors often describe experiencing recurrent imagery about their loved one's death. The Death Imagery Scale assesses 5 kinds of imagery: reenactment, rescue, revenge, reunion, and remorse. We explored the frequency of these forms of imagery and their associations with PTSD, depression, and/or complicated grief (CG) among 130 treatment-seeking survivors who were, on average, 3.5 years postloss. Reenactment, rescue, and remorse imagery were most frequently endorsed, and all forms of imagery were associated with PTSD, depression, and CG. Bereaved parents reported more remorse and reunion imagery than others. Homicide survivors reported more revenge imagery than suicide and accident survivors.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences , Medical University of South Carolina , Charleston , South Carolina , USA.
authors.forename: Jenna L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Baddeley
authors.forename: Joah L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: Ted
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Rynearson
authors.forename: Fanny
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Correa
authors.forename: Connie
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Saindon
authors.forename: Alyssa A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Rheingold
mesh_terms: D000059:Accidents / Q000523:psychology; D000328:Adult; D001601:Bereavement; D002423:Cause of Death; D003643:Death; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006117:Grief; D006708:Homicide / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D007092:Imagination / Q000145:classification*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011580:Psychological Techniques; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology; D017741:Survivors / Q000523:psychology*; D014754:Violence / Q000523:psychology
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