Objectives The pilot study were (1) to test the technical and administrative feasibility of a full-
scale study, including recruitment process, response and retention rate, questionnaire …

Experiencing the suicide of someone close is like experiencing an emotional tsunami that
hits the individual, family, class at school, unit in the hospital, or the community. The …

It is important to find constructive avenues for breaking the silence and taboo around suicide
on both a personal and societal level. This collage of words and images is an iteration …

It appears that violent deaths frequently invalidate the comforting belief among many people
that there is protection from violence and inhumanity (Rynearson, 1986), an invalidation that …

Background Adaption to the loss of a loved one due to suicide can be complicated by
feelings of guilt, shame, responsibility, rejection, and stigmatization. Therefore people …

This provocative study explores what happens to those who commit suicide. Drawing on
communications from the spirits of more than 100'successful'suicides, it offers an intriguing …

The concept of recovery following bereavement can be both useful and misleading. As a
metaphor, the concept of recovery highlights some aspects of bereavement and obscures …

Abstract 'Nothing prepared me for this' was a project of Support After Suicide which is a
suicide bereavement counselling service in Victoria. It aimed to provide people bereaved by …

Bereavement from suicide results in a difficult and complex adjustment for the surviving
friends and family members. As compared to other forms of bereavement, suicide survivors …

Michael sat at his desk and read the words he had carefully typed. He could no longer live
his life as a lie, and as much as he cared about the well-being of the people in the parish …