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Parents bereaved by offspring suicide: a population-based longitudinal case-control study.

James M Bolton1, Wendy Au, William D Leslie

  • 1Department of Psychiatry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. jbolton@hsc.mb.ca

JAMA Psychiatry
|December 12, 2012
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Summary
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Losing a child to suicide significantly increases parents' risk of depression, anxiety, and marital breakup. These outcomes are similar to those experienced by parents who lost a child in a motor vehicle crash (MVC).

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Area of Science:

  • Psychiatry
  • Sociology
  • Public Health

Background:

  • Suicide bereavement is understudied, with limited understanding of its impact on parents.
  • Previous research has not adequately compared outcomes for parents bereaved by suicide versus other causes of offspring death.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine mental health, physical health, social factors, and treatment use in parents bereaved by offspring suicide.
  • To compare these outcomes with non-bereaved parents and parents bereaved by motor vehicle crashes (MVC).

Main Methods:

  • Population-based case-control study in Manitoba, Canada.
  • Compared 1415 suicide-bereaved parents with 1415 non-bereaved controls and 1132 MVC-bereaved parents.
  • Analyzed physician-diagnosed disorders, social factors, and treatment use in the two years post-bereavement using generalized estimating equation models.

Main Results:

  • Suicide bereavement was linked to increased rates of depression (ARR 2.14), anxiety disorders (ARR 1.41), and marital breakup (ARR 1.18).
  • Suicide-bereaved parents showed higher rates of hospitalization for mental illness compared to MVC-bereaved parents.
  • Suicide-bereaved parents had higher pre-bereavement rates of depression, physical disorders, and low income than MVC-bereaved parents.

Conclusions:

  • Suicide bereavement is associated with significant adverse mental health and social outcomes.
  • The consequences of suicide bereavement are comparable to those of MVC bereavement.
  • Parents who experience offspring suicide may represent a vulnerable population even before the death.