Survivors of Suicide, Those Left Behind When Someone Dies by Suicide

2014

Cerel, Julie

Maple, Myfanwy

Editor(s): Cynthia Franklin, Tricia B Bent-Goodley, Elizabeth Clark, Larry E Davis, Rowena Fong, Alberto Godenzi, Johnny S Kim, James J Kelly, Michael S Kelly, Sadye L M Logan, Terry Mizrahi, Frederic Reamer, Darrell P Wheeler, Joan Levy Zlotnik

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National Association of Social Workers (NASW Press) and Oxford University Press (OUP)

United States of America

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10.1093/acrefore/9780199975839.013.1079

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Suicide is a more prevalent cause of death in many countries than automobile accidents, homicide, and breast cancer. Despite this, the experience of people left behind after a suicide is not well understood. This entry provides a sociohistorical overview of suicide to place suicide death in a relevant cultural context, explores the bereavement experiences of those grieving a loss to suicide, and presents the debate about similarities and differences regarding suicide bereavement in relation to other forms of traumatic death. In addition, this entry examines the role of social workers in working with people bereaved by suicide.

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Encyclopedia of Social Work, p. 1-13

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