Losing a loved one to homicide: Prevalence and mental health correlates in a national sample of young adults | Zendy

Zinzow Heidi M. | Zendy; Rheingold Alyssa A. | Zendy; Hawkins Alesia O. | Zendy; Saunders Benjamin E. | Zendy; Kilpatrick Dean G. | Zendy

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Losing a loved one to homicide: Prevalence and mental health correlates in a national sample of young adults

Author(s) -

Zinzow Heidi M.,

Rheingold Alyssa A.,

Hawkins Alesia O.,

Saunders Benjamin E.,

Kilpatrick Dean G.

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

journal of traumatic stress

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.259

H-Index - 134

eISSN - 1573-6598

pISSN - 0894-9867

DOI - 10.1002/jts.20377

Subject(s) - homicide , mental health , psychiatry , logistic regression , suicide prevention , poison control , psychology , occupational safety and health , injury prevention , medicine , human factors and ergonomics , clinical psychology , demography , medical emergency , pathology , sociology

The present study examined the prevalence, demographic distribution, and mental health correlates of losing a loved one to homicide. A national sample of 1,753 young adults completed structured telephone interviews measuring violence exposure, mental health diagnoses, and loss of a family member or close friend to a drunk driving accident (vehicular homicide) or murder (criminal homicide). The prevalence of homicide survivorship was 15%. African Americans were more highly represented among criminal homicide survivors. Logistic regression analyses found that homicide survivors were at risk for past year posttraumatic stress disorder (OR = 1.88), major depressive episode (OR = 1.64), and drug abuse/dependence (OR = 1.77). These findings highlight the significant mental health needs of homicide survivors.

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