The high prevalence of suicide and fatal overdose,

The gap

Evidence profile

Stated in the abstract and inline gaps sections of the source papers, classified as general, drawn from work published between 1964 and 2024, spanning 3 journals. Those papers have been cited 56 times in total.

Supporting evidence — 3 representative gaps

• The integrated process model of loss and grief - An interprofessional understanding (2023) · Death Studies · cited 49× · doi

  Three causes seem to be at play: grief is usually understood to be connected to death and other types of loss are under-researched; the majority of research is done from the field of psychology and on pathological forms of grief, hardly integrating research from other disciplines; and the existential suffering related to grief is not recognized or insufficiently integrated in the dominant models.

  generalstated in abstractevidence 5/5
  Keywords: grief three causes seem play usually understood connected death types loss researched majority done field
• Bereavement-Related Needs and Their Relation to Mental Health Symptoms Among Adults Bereaved by Suicide and Fatal Overdose (2024) · Journal of Loss and Trauma · cited 7× · doi

  Despite the high prevalence of suicide and fatal overdose, and the morbidity associated with these forms of bereavement, little is known about the loss-related needs of adults bereaved by these two causes, including whether survivors’ needs differ from those losing significant persons to other forms of sudden death and how these needs may relate to psychiatric symptomatology.

  generalstated in abstractevidence 5/5
  Keywords: needs forms despite high prevalence suicide fatal overdose morbidity associated bereavement little known loss related
• Effects of Bereavement on Physical and Mental Health—a Study of the Medical Records of Widows (1964) · BMJ · doi

  The evidence for the influence of grief upon somatic illness Certainly there is good reason to believe is still inconclusive. The most obvious is the dietary change which results from loss of appetite ; but the situation is further complicated by the influence of the psychological and auto- nomic components of grief upon metabolism and upon such poorly understood issues as " general health," " resilience," and "adaptive reserves.

  generalstated in inline gapsevidence 3/5
  Keywords: upon influence grief evidence somatic illness certainly there good reason believe still inconclusive obvious dietary

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