Grief Intervention in Suicide Loss Survivors through Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy: A Systematic Review

Suicide is one of the leading causes of death worldwide, affecting numerous individuals close to the person who died by suicide, including family members, friends, and colleagues. Those affected by the suicide of someone are referred to as “suicide survivors”, and the psychological consequences they...

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Autores: Romero-Moreno, Jose Carlos, Cantero-García, María, Huertes del Arco, Ana, Izquierdo-Sotorrío, Eva, Rueda Extremera, María, González-Moreno, Jesús
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Universidad a Distancia de Madrid (UDIMA)
Repositorio:udiMundus. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad a Distancia de Madrid
OAI Identifier:oai:udimundus.udima.es:20.500.12226/2276
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12226/2276
https://doi.org/10.3390/bs14090791
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:survivor of suicide
grief
depression
cognitive-behavioral therapy
systematic review
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Sumario:Suicide is one of the leading causes of death worldwide, affecting numerous individuals close to the person who died by suicide, including family members, friends, and colleagues. Those affected by the suicide of someone are referred to as “suicide survivors”, and the psychological consequences they face are particularly severe. One of these consequences is grief, which is more complicated in survivors of suicide compared with those grieving deaths from other causes, mainly because of the stigma that continues to surround them. Therefore, psychotherapeutic intervention for suicide loss survivors is crucial. This study examines the efficacy of cognitive-behavioral programs for addressing grief and other related variables in suicide loss survivors. The search was conducted in databases including Psycinfo, Academic Search Premier, Medline, APA PsycArticles, E-Journals, Scopus, and PubMed. Five randomized controlled trials were selected, one of which focused exclusively on minors. The results reveal that cognitive-behavioral therapy is effective, although the methodological quality of these studies is not adequate, and the representativeness of the samples is very low. More RCTs are needed on the application of cognitive-behavioral programs to treat grief in suicide loss survivors