Table 1.

Criteria of inclusion and exclusion.

Inclusion criteria	Exclusion criteria
• Studies published in English	• Case studies, multiple case studies, theses, book chapters, books, clinical trial protocols
• Studies mentioning shame, guilt, suicide and PTSD in the title and/or abstract	• Full text unavailable
• Direct measures of suicidality	• Methodology insufficiently described
• Evaluation of the experience of a potentially traumatic event and evaluation of PTSD symptoms	• Tools for measuring shame and guilt not standardized
	• Studies focused on peri-traumatic and acute phases