Suicide: The Role of Hostility and Death Wishes from the Family and Significant Others

Abstract

The role of the suicidal patient's hostility is better known than the effect of his family`s hostility upon him. The authors found that suicidal patients' families expressed more extreme hostility and offered less support than the families of nonsuicidal patients. Successful suicide, they believe, is partly a result of his intimates' hostility and the victim's inability to retaliate.