Related Experiment Videos
Influence of traumatic grief on suicidal ideation among young adults
H G Prigerson1, J Bridge, P K Maciejewski
1Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn, USA. Holly.Prigerson@Yale.edu
The American Journal of Psychiatry
|December 10, 1999
Abstract
Objective:
The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of traumatic grief on suicidal ideation.
Method:
The Beck-Kovacs Scale for Suicidal Ideation was administered to 76 young adult friends of suicide victims.
Results:
Traumatic grief was associated with a 5.08 times greater likelihood of suicidal ideation, after control for depression. Comorbid traumatic grief and depression were not associated with a greater likelihood of suicidal ideation.
Conclusions:
Syndromal traumatic grief heightens vulnerability to suicidal ideation.