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Title: Examining the Associations Between Substance Misuse and Suicide Bereavement.
Authors: Feigelman, William1 (AUTHOR) feigelw@ncc.edu, Cerel, Julie2 (AUTHOR), Gutin, Nina3 (AUTHOR), McIntosh, John L.4 (AUTHOR), Gorman, Bernard S.5 (AUTHOR), Bottomley, Jamison S.6 (AUTHOR), Edwards, Alice2 (AUTHOR)
Source: Omega: Journal of Death & Dying. Jun2026, Vol. 93 Issue 2, p1076-1093. 18p.
Subject Terms: *Help-seeking behavior, *Grief, *Counseling, Competency assessment (Law), Substance abuse risk factors, Mental depression risk factors, Substance abuse, Post-traumatic stress disorder, Cross-sectional method, Work, T-test (Statistics), Research funding, Multiple regression analysis, Questionnaires, Smoking, Binge drinking, Descriptive statistics, Surveys, Suicide, Guilt (Psychology), Statistics, Data analysis software, Self-perception, Drug utilization, Nonprescription drugs, Disease complications
Abstract: Focusing on the understudied question of substance misuse among suicide bereaved adults we investigated patterns of binge drinking and non-prescribed drug use among a recently bereaved sample (n = 1,132). Comparing our respondents to the non-bereaved, those in the 2022 National Survey of Drug Use and Health (n = 71,369), we did not find heightened problematical substance misuses among our respondents. With t -tests and multiple regression analyses we examined whether binge drinkers and non-prescribed drug users had heightened levels of grief difficulties, PTSD, self-blaming and depression compared to others not bingeing or using non-prescribed drugs. Results showed binge drinkers had more of all these grieving problems when important confounding variables were also considered. Analysis of the demographic correlates of bingeing showed them dimly aware of their own additional grieving and substance misusing problems. Since 75% indicated being under the care of counseling professionals, this represents an important opportunity for psycho-educational helping. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Copyright of Omega: Journal of Death & Dying is the property of Sage Publications Inc. and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)
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  Data: Focusing on the understudied question of substance misuse among suicide bereaved adults we investigated patterns of binge drinking and non-prescribed drug use among a recently bereaved sample (n = 1,132). Comparing our respondents to the non-bereaved, those in the 2022 National Survey of Drug Use and Health (n = 71,369), we did not find heightened problematical substance misuses among our respondents. With t -tests and multiple regression analyses we examined whether binge drinkers and non-prescribed drug users had heightened levels of grief difficulties, PTSD, self-blaming and depression compared to others not bingeing or using non-prescribed drugs. Results showed binge drinkers had more of all these grieving problems when important confounding variables were also considered. Analysis of the demographic correlates of bingeing showed them dimly aware of their own additional grieving and substance misusing problems. Since 75% indicated being under the care of counseling professionals, this represents an important opportunity for psycho-educational helping. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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