Key issues, challenges, and preferred supports for those bereaved by suicide: Insights from postvention experts

Title
Key issues, challenges, and preferred supports for those bereaved by suicide: Insights from postvention experts
Publication Date
2023
Author(s)
McGill, Katie
Bhullar, Navjot
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1616-6094
Email: nbhulla2@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:nbhulla2
Batterham, Philip J
Carrandi, Alayna
Wayland, Sarah
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7040-6397
Email: swaylan2@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:swaylan2
Maple, Myfanwy
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9398-4886
Email: mmaple2@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:mmaple2
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Routledge
Place of publication
United States of America
DOI
10.1080/07481187.2022.2112318
UNE publication id
une:1959.11/54578
Abstract

For many, suicide bereavement is challenging. Postvention responses are few and evidence to inform them is lacking. Eighteen postvention experts completed an online survey regarding the key issues, challenges, and supports available to people bereaved by suicide. Participants were asked to identify the issues, then rank them in terms of importance at key times during the first 2 years after death, with navigating grief, managing relationships, and dealing with practical challenges identified. Access to information, practical assistance and non-judgmental support were most important early in the bereavement period. These findings provide a foundation for recommendations for postvention interventions.

Link
Citation
Death Studies, 47(5), p. 624-629
ISSN
1091-7683
0748-1187
Pubmed ID
35984768
Start page
624
End page
629

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