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Working With Adult Homicide Survivors, Part II: Helping Family Members Cope With 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.tb00643.x
Subject(s) - homicide , grief , coping (psychology) , psychology , psychotherapist , crisis intervention , posttraumatic growth , suicide prevention , clinical psychology , poison control , psychiatry , medicine , medical emergency
TOPIC. The process of coping with the murder of a loved one and ways in which therapists may assist homicide survivors in the aftermath. PURPOSES. To identify coping strategies used by homicide survivors, describe variables that may affect the grieving process, discuss treatment strategies related to posttraumatic stress and complicated mourning within the framework of outcome‐oriented nursing process, and explore the concept of posttraumatic growth. SOURCES. Review of the literature and the author's own clinical work. CONCLUSIONS. Coping with the aftermath of murder is a difficult and long‐lasting process. While no one method or strategy for assisting homicide survivors works for everyone, a combination of therapeutic approaches – including crisis intervention, individual, family, and group therapy, peer support groups, pharmacological – that may assist the survivor in working through the trauma and grief of such a violent loss. Search terms: Complicated mourning, coping, homicide survivors, outcomes, posttraumatic growth, posttraumatic stress