Essential Questions on Suicide Bereavement and Postvention

Author： Andriessen Karl   Krysinska Karolina  

Publisher： MDPI

E-ISSN： 1660-4601|9|1|24-32

ISSN： 1660-4601

Source： International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol.9, Iss.1, 2011-12, pp. : 24-32

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Abstract

During the past decades public and research interest in postvention, i.e., support for families and communities after a suicide, has increased. However, the postvention field is still facing a number of important challenges and questions. This article aims to discuss a series of essential issues on suicide bereavement and postvention, regarding the current state of the art and future developments. Who is a suicide survivor and how many suicide survivors are there? Is suicide bereavement different from other types of bereavement? What are the needs of suicide survivors and what is postvention from a clinical perspective and from a public health perspective? Can postvention be prevention? With this last question, the article concludes with a series of recommendations in order to strengthen the potential of postvention as prevention.

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