Relating to life and death a qualitative study of individuals with a long-lasting death wish related to unbearable psychiatric suffering
The process of exploring the death wish can assist persons with DWUPS in accessing potential ambivalence between life and death, in regulating emotional distress and in bearing existential concerns related to the life-and-death-questions.
Authors
- Joris Vandenberghe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3744-0304)
- Jessie Dezutter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3457-5334)
- Siebrecht Vanhooren (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3775-4829)
- Thijs Vanhie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5298-6260)
- Sofie Verdegem (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8410-7179)
- Luc Bemelmans (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-1847-8095)
- Anke Rens
Institutions
- Contextual Change (United States) (US)
- KU Leuven (BE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being
- Published
- 2025-02-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/17482631.2025.2469361
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.94