'Special death': Living with bereavement by drug-related death in Ireland

S Lambert, D O'Callaghan, N Frost - Death Studies, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
This paper explores the impact of complicated grief on the family system following the drug-
related death of a family member. Drug-related deaths are rife with moral stigmas, and those …

Parental grief after a child's drug death compared to other death causes: Investigating a greatly neglected bereavement population

W Feigelman, JR Jordan… - OMEGA-Journal of …, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
This comparative survey contrasted 571 parents who lost children to various death causes:
48 to drug-related deaths and overdoses, 462 to suicide, 24 to natural death cases, and 37 …

How do family members experience drug death bereavement? A systematic review of the literature

KB Titlestad, SK Lindeman, H Lund, K Dyregrov - Death Studies, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Despite high rates of drug-related deaths (DRDs), drug-related bereavement has been
sparsely investigated. A systematic literature search for qualitative and quantitative studies …

Bereavement through substance use: Findings from an interview study with adults in England and Scotland

L Templeton, A Ford, J McKell, C Valentine… - Addiction Research & …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Deaths associated with alcohol and/or drugs belong to a category of
'special'deaths due to three characteristics: traumatic circumstances of the death, stigma …

Sounds of silence. The “special grief” of drug-death bereaved parents: A qualitative study

KB Titlestad, S Mellingen, M Stroebe… - Addiction research & …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Background Drug-death bereavement is an understudied topic. We explore what bereaved
parents experience after losing their child to drug use. The aim of the paper is to provide …

Why informal support fails for siblings bereaved by a drug-related death: A qualitative and interactional perspective

K Dyregrov, KB Titlestad… - OMEGA-Journal of Death …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Drug-related deaths constitute a significant challenge that strongly impacts the lives of the
bereaved and the risks of mental and social problems are well-documented. This paper is …

How do drug-death-bereaved parents adjust to life without the deceased? A qualitative study

KB Titlestad, M Stroebe… - OMEGA-journal of Death …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Knowledge about how bereaved persons grieve can enhance quality in providing the
support and potential services that they need. We aimed to identify ways in which drug …

Managing stigma 1

T Walter, A Ford - Families Bereaved by Alcohol or Drugs, 2017 - taylorfrancis.com
People bereaved by a drug-or alcohol-related death often experience stigma. The chapter
analyses findings from interviews with 106 bereaved family members in England and …

Bereavement following substance misuse: A disenfranchised grief

C Valentine, L Bauld, T Walter - OMEGA-Journal of Death …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Bereavement following a drug-or alcohol-related death has been largely neglected in
research and service provision, despite its global prevalence and potentially devastating …

The diversity of bereavement through substance use

L Templeton, J McKell, R Velleman… - Families bereaved by …, 2017 - taylorfrancis.com
One finding from our research was that although there appeared to be core elements to
interviewees' experiences of bereavement through substance use, there was also marked …