Dolores Angela Castelli DransartHES-SO University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland School of Social Work Fribourg
Dolores Angela Castelli Dransart
PhD
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Introduction
Dolores Angela Castelli Dransart currently works at the Research Unit of the School of Social Work Fribourg, HES-SO University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland. Dolores Angela does research in Quantitative et Qualitative Social Research. Her projects are on bereavement after suicide, the impact of suicide on families and care providers, suicidality of professionals, assisted suicide, end-of-life décisions, aging and agism.
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Background: Suicide bereavement increases the probability of adverse outcomes related to grief, social functioning, mental health, and suicidal behavior. While more support for individuals bereaved by suicide has become available, the evidence regarding its effectiveness is not straightforward. The literature suggests that identifying best-practice...
End-of-life (EoL) planning and the drafting of advance care directives (ACD) are challenging for older adults. As part of a mixed study, the content of 18 semi-structured interviews with Swiss community-dwelling older adults was analyzed to investigate contextual and interactional aspects that might influence their choice to complete ACD. Results s...
By analysing two situations in which elderly people living in health care institutions in Switzerland requested assistance with suicide, this chapter puts into perspective the different ways in which professionals apprehended the situation and constructed a meaning and an intervention response based on varied perceptions, assessments and interpreta...
Ce livre propose une immersion dans les réalités de l’assistance au suicide. Il se fonde sur une étude ethnographique qui restitue le point de vue de personnes recourant à une telle assistance ainsi que celui des individus susceptibles de prendre part à un tel processus : personnes sollicitant une aide au suicide et leurs proches, accompagnateurs e...
Drawing on two case studies from large-scale fieldwork carried out on euthanasia in Belgium and assisted suicide in Switzerland, this article focuses on the processes of normalization that structure aid in dying. Normalization takes place through a set of apparatuses only partially derived from current legislation, which underlie the relationships...
assisted suicide, ethnography, decision-making,
au suicide en Suisse. Il est fondé sur une étude ethnographique qui restitue le
point de vue de personnes recourant à une telle assistance ainsi que celui
des individus susceptibles de prendre part à un tel processus : personnes
sollicitant une aide au suicide et leurs proches, accompagnateurs et
acc...
Après la lecture de ce chapitre , vous devriez être en mesure:
- de reconnaître quelques biais possibles et de connaître quelques dimensions et facteurs susceptibles d'influencer votre évaluation de la suicidalité et vos interventions;
- d'avoir des points de repères pour poser un cadre de questionnement afin de mettre en perspective votre évalua...
This article analyses the peculiarity of the assisted dying’s model in Switzerland. It postulates that the collectivity does not accept the act of suicide in itself; it rather accepts the fact of providing assistance for a death that is up to this day formally categorized as a “violent death”. Consequently, the framing of assisted dying and its imp...
L’assistance au suicide concerne majoritairement des personnes âgées. Cette pratique, à l’instar d’autres formes contemporaines du mourir (euthanasie, soins palliatifs), exemplifie des transformations récentes tant individuelles que collectives de notre rapport à la mort. Bien qu’elle soit légale en Suisse, son opérationnalisation ne va pourtant pa...
In the Western world including Canada, grievous and irredeemable health conditions, which cause unbearable suffering, has given support to the legalization of medical aid in dying (MAiD). It is unknown how Asian Buddhists who are in contact with the Western culture perceive MAiD. In this qualitative study, 16 Asian Buddhists living in Montreal took...
This article contributes to scientific discussion with regard to the interplay of individual and social factors on end-of-life decisions. Semi-directed interviews (N = 18) with people over 65 years highlighted two different but articulated fears in relation to end-of-life care: on one hand, older adults fear not being allowed to die and being subje...
This article investigates the support needed, sought, and received by professionals following a patient suicide. A self-administered questionnaire about the consequences of patient suicide and support issues was completed by 704 professionals. Profiles of support were defined using a 3-dimensional, 8-fold typology based on need for, search for, and...
Based on an ethnographic study conducted since 2017, this article describes and
questions the various uses of the notion of acceleration associated with assisted
suicide in Switzerland. These associations index distinct registers (forensic, ethical-
moral, organizational and experiential) and lead to contrasting categorizations.
The article puts in...
Dans certains cantons romands suisses, les associations pour le droit à mourir dans la dignité peuvent accompagner les personnes âgées souhaitant recourir au suicide assisté au sein d’institutions subventionnées par l’État pour autant que certaines conditions soient remplies (discernement, maladie incurable entre autres). Si les professionnel-les o...
La mort par suicide chez les personnes âgées reste un problème inquiétant en santé publique, atteignant des taux plus importants que dans la population plus jeune dans la plupart des pays. Sa prévention efficace se heurte à des difficultés de la caractériser cliniquement, mais aussi aux représentations et dilemmes autour du suicide et du suicide as...
Objectives: Prevalence rates of death by euthanasia (EUT) and physician-assisted suicide (PAS) have increased among older adults, and public debates on these practices are still taking place. In this context, it seemed important to conduct a systematic review of the predictors (demographic, physical health, psychological, social, quality of life, r...
Background: Several countries have regulated euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide (PAS). Research has looked at the experiences of patients, family, and professionals. However, little is known of the effects on bereaved individuals. Aims: We aimed to assess (a) what is known about the grief and mental health of people bereaved by euthanasia or...
Ce chapitre présente quelques théories et modèles explicatifs des comportements suicidaires
Introduction: Spirituality and religion have only been marginally investigated in the
experiences of the bereaved by suicide (or survivors of suicide). Aim: This article directly addresses
two questions: In what way was spirituality or religion an issue for survivors of suicide? How were
they helpful (or not) during their reconstruction process? Me...
In industrialized countries, population ageing is associated with intense discussions on the issue of dying with dignity. Some countries have legalized assisted suicide and authorized physicians to provide the knowledge and/or means for suffering patients to end their life. The goal of this study was to ascertain if religiosity could be a predictin...
Background:
Suicide may have disruptive and/or devastating effects on family, friends, and the broader community. Of late, increased interest from suicide researchers has given rise to an upsurge in research productivity addressing suicide bereavement and postvention. At this critical juncture, the establishment of an agenda will help guide the di...
Background:
Suicide can have a lasting impact on the social life as well as the physical and mental health of the bereaved. Targeted research is needed to better understand the nature of suicide bereavement and the effectiveness of support.
Aims:
To take stock of ongoing studies, and to inquire about future research priorities regarding suicide...
Introduction
In some Swiss states, right-to-die associations are allowed to assist older people in nursing homes provided that certain requirements are fulfilled.
Objectives
To investigate how health and social care providers and their institutions reacted to and dealt with requests of assisted suicide.
Method
An exploratory qualitative study was...
Significant others are often crucial for suicidal persons or suicide attempters’ access to care, yet little is known about their efforts to seek help. This article presents the findings of a qualitative pilot study carried out in Switzerland on the help-seeking process of 18 significant others, their perception of the care received by their loved o...
This qualitative study investigated the personal and professional stances of 40 health and social care professionals confronted with assisted suicide of older persons living in nursing homes or supported by social welfare or home care and support services in French-speaking Switzerland. Requests of assisted suicide triggered questions with regard t...
The objective of this study is to identify patterns (components and processes) of reconstruction of suicide survivors. In-depth interviews were conducted with 50 survivors of suicide in Switzerland. Data were analyzed using ATLAS.ti and according to the Grounded Theory principles. Survivors of suicide face four major challenges: dealing with the im...
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Background
Patient suicide is a professional hazard for mental health professionals and an event likely to trigger stress reactions among them.
This study aimed to identify typical profiles of professionals after a patient suicide to address the severity of stress reactions and its discriminant variables.
Methods
Mental health professionals (...
Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to analyze and describe the profiles of mental health professionals and their relationship to professional reactions and changes in working practice following a patient suicide.
Design/methodology/approach
– Data from 713 mental health professionals working in various institutional settings and in private pra...
Objectives Many psychiatrists and psychologists are likely to experience a patient suicide at a point in their professional career. The present paper examines the effects of patient suicide on psychiatrists’ and psychologists’ professional reactions and working practices and investigates factors that may affect the severity of repercussions on thei...
Les associations d’aide au suicide en Suisse peuvent assister des personnes âgees institutionnalisees a certaines conditions. Cet article presente les resultats preliminaires d’une etude qualitative menee aupres de professionnel.le.s d’etablissements medico-sociaux pour personnes âgees confronte.e.s a l’assistance au suicide. Il presente quelques d...
Objective: To review the literature and make suggestions for further investigation. Methodology: An extensive search of the literature has been undertaken using computer database search. Results: Even if findings are heterogenous, most studies suggest limited stress-related or affective-related reactions for the majority of respondents. Whereas fin...
The reactions of professionals after a patient suicide are still a subject of controversy in academic literature. This article reports on retrospective data about the aftermath experienced by mental health professionals working in institutional settings in Switzerland. Findings indicate that both self-rated emotional responses and traumatic impact...
This article reports findings from a qualitative study conducted in Switzerland, aimed at understanding how forty-eight survivors
made sense of the suicide of a loved one. In-depth interviews were carried out and grounded theory analysis was performed.
Suicide shatters the assumptive world of survivors. In their quest for meaning, they undergo thre...
This study addresses the psychometric properties, including the internal consistency and dimensionality, of the Impact of Event Scale-Revised (IES-R) in French-speaking mental health and social professionals in Switzerland faced with a patient suicide. Data were obtained by a self-administered questionnaire from a sample of 297 individuals who had...
Mental health and social professionals are at high risk of experiencing at least one patient suicide during their career.
This paper investigates the impact of patient suicide on the reactions and working practices of mental health and social professionals. It also examines how such an impact may vary depending on the professionals' characteristics...
Background: Mental health and social professionals are at high risk of experiencing at least one patient suicide during their career. Aims: This paper investigates the impact of patient suicide on the reactions and working practices of mental health and social professionals. It also examines how such an impact may vary depending on the professional...
Based upon a literature review, this article presents risk and protection factors for Young offenders in juvenile justice facilities and suggests recommendations for suicide prevention and postvention
Physicians, nurses and social workers have a high risk of being confronted with the suicide of a patient during their career. After such an event they may react with sadness, anger or feelings of helplessness. Acute stress reactions are also observed, with irritability, disordered sleep and intrusive thoughts. Some professionals may fear to take ca...
La thèse a identifié les logiques de reconstruction et les stratégies d'adaptation d'endeuillés par suicide. Chaque logique articule les manières dont les endeuillés ont fait face à l'impact du suicide, ont mené leur quête de sens et ont éclairci la question de la responsabilité, ainsi que géré les relations sociales.
