[Dissonance] Myers & Fine (2007)

[dissonance at psychologie-sociale.org]

Référence Complète :
Myers, M. F., & Fine, C. (2007). Touched by suicide: Bridging the 
perspectives of survivors and clinicians. Suicide and Life-Threatening 
Behavior, Vol 37(2), pp. 119-126.


Résumé :
This article is a revised version of an invited plenary address given at 
the 39th Annual Conference of the American Association of Suicidology. 
The authors, a psychiatrist and a writer survivor, outline and summarize 
the different ways in which professionals and survivors come to an 
understanding of suicide. They explain how each group often exists 
independently and separate from the other-by cognitive and emotional 
dissonance, by private language, by psychological defenses and 
miscommunication-and call for dialog. They argue that both perspectives 
are essential to advance the science of suicidology and to give hope and 
meaning to those bereaved by suicide.

Mots-Clés :
suicide ; American Association of Suicidology ; survivors of suicides ; 
clinicians; emotional dissonance

Contact :
Myers, Michael F., St. Paul's Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, 1081 
Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada, BC V6Z 1Y6, myers at telus.net