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Working With Adult Homicide Survivors, Part I: Impact and Sequelae of Murder
Author(s) -
Asaro M. Regina
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
perspectives in psychiatric care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.538
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1744-6163
pISSN - 0031-5990
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6163.2001.tb00633.x
Subject(s) - homicide , psychology , compromise , injury prevention , suicide prevention , poison control , psychiatry , human factors and ergonomics , affect (linguistics) , occupational safety and health , medicine , clinical psychology , medical emergency , sociology , social science , communication , pathology
TOPIC. The impact and sequelae of murder on surviving family and significant others. PURPOSE. To describe the aftermath of murder: losses, reactions, secondary victimization of surviving family members, contextual issues that may affect the grieving process, and psychological impact. SOURCES. Review of the literature and the author's own clinical work. CONCLUSIONS. Loss of a loved one through sudden violence often results in concomitant factors that may compromise the ability of homicide survivors to deal with the trauma, process the loss, and proceed through the tasks of grieving. Further, these factors may put family members at risk for development of posttraumatic stress disorder and complicated mourning. Search terms: Homicide survivors, mourning, posttraumatic stress disorder, secondary victimization