Suicidal bereavement involves more than the personalized reaction to the death of another. The bereaved is also left with the cognitive and emotional dilemma of death as a chosen option for existence. This existential contradiction creates enduring changes in cognitive and emotional perspective. The author reviews these changes and their therapeutic implications.
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Edward K. Rynearson (1981) studied this question.
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