“…Based on a review of the literature (Alexander et al, 2000; Chemtob et al, 1988; Goldstein & Buongiorno, 1984; Hendin et al, 2000, 2004; Kolody, Binder, Bronstein, & Friend, 1979; Marshall, 1980; Michel, Armson, Fleming, Rosenbauer, & Takahashi, 1997; Tillman, 2006; Vogel, Wolfersdorf, & Wurst, 2001) and considering items of the questionnaire of the Working Group Suicidality and Psychiatric Hospital, we developed the 63‐item questionnaire described below. Our aims were to (1) assess how therapists react to a patient's suicide over time (immediately, 2 weeks and 6 months later); (2) determine which factors, such as therapist's characteristics, patient's characteristics, or circumstances of suicide, contribute to the reaction; (3) elucidate potential subgroups that are different with regard to experience of severe distress; and (4) evaluate potential differences in the reactions of professionals in institutional settings and in private practice.…”