title: Complicated grief after suicide bereavement and other causes of death.
abstract: The authors compared baseline demographic characteristics, clinical features, and grief-related thoughts, feelings, and behaviors of individuals bereaved by suicide, accident/homicide and natural causes participating in a complicated grief (CG) treatment clinical trial. Severity of CG and depression and current depression diagnosis did not vary by loss type. After adjusting for baseline demographic features, time since death and relationship to the deceased, those with CG after suicide had the highest rates of lifetime depression, preloss passive suicidal ideation, self-blaming thoughts, and impaired work and social adjustment. Even among this treatment-seeking sample of research participants with CG, suicide survivors may face unique challenges.
authors.affiliation: a Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System , Veterans Medical Research Foundation , San Diego , California , USA.
authors.forename: Ilanit
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Tal
authors.affiliation: b Department of Biostatistics, Mailman School of Public Health , Columbia University , New York , New York , USA.
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mauro
authors.affiliation: c Department of Psychiatry, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic , University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine , Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , USA.
authors.forename: Charles F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Reynolds
authors.affiliation: d Center for Complicated Grief , Columbia School of Social Work , New York , New York , USA.|e Department of Psychiatry , Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons , New York , New York , USA.
authors.forename: M Katherine
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Shear
authors.affiliation: f Center for Anxiety and Traumatic Stress Disorders , Massachusetts General Hospital , Boston , Massachusetts , USA.|g Harvard Medical School , Boston , Massachusetts , USA.
authors.forename: Naomi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Simon
authors.affiliation: h Department of Psychiatry , University of California San Diego , La Jolla , California , USA.
authors.forename: Barry
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lebowitz
authors.affiliation: d Center for Complicated Grief , Columbia School of Social Work , New York , New York , USA.
authors.forename: Natalia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Skritskaya
authors.affiliation: b Department of Biostatistics, Mailman School of Public Health , Columbia University , New York , New York , USA.
authors.forename: Yuanjia
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: b Department of Biostatistics, Mailman School of Public Health , Columbia University , New York , New York , USA.
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Qiu
authors.affiliation: a Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System , Veterans Medical Research Foundation , San Diego , California , USA.|h Department of Psychiatry , University of California San Diego , La Jolla , California , USA.
authors.forename: Alana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Iglewicz
authors.affiliation: a Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System , Veterans Medical Research Foundation , San Diego , California , USA.|h Department of Psychiatry , University of California San Diego , La Jolla , California , USA.
authors.forename: Danielle
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Glorioso
authors.affiliation: a Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System , Veterans Medical Research Foundation , San Diego , California , USA.|h Department of Psychiatry , University of California San Diego , La Jolla , California , USA.
authors.forename: Julie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Avanzino
authors.affiliation: a Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System , Veterans Medical Research Foundation , San Diego , California , USA.|h Department of Psychiatry , University of California San Diego , La Jolla , California , USA.
authors.forename: Julie Loebach
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Wetherell
authors.affiliation: c Department of Psychiatry, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic , University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine , Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , USA.
authors.forename: Jordan F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Karp
authors.affiliation: f Center for Anxiety and Traumatic Stress Disorders , Massachusetts General Hospital , Boston , Massachusetts , USA.|g Harvard Medical School , Boston , Massachusetts , USA.
authors.forename: Don
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Robinaugh
authors.affiliation: a Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System , Veterans Medical Research Foundation , San Diego , California , USA.|h Department of Psychiatry , University of California San Diego , La Jolla , California , USA.
authors.forename: Sidney
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zisook
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001601:Bereavement; D003643:Death; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology; D003865:Major Depressive Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006117:Grief; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000453:epidemiology; D059020:Suicidal Ideation; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult