Suicide survivor
Loved ones of people who died by suicide
A suicide survivor or survivor of suicide is one of the family and friends of someone who has died by suicide.[1]
Given the social stigma associated with suicide, suicide survivors are often unable to cope with their loss and grief using normal support systems, and are "forced into a privatized and individualistic mode of grieving," making the healing process even more difficult.[2]
Estimates are that for every suicide, "there are seven to ten people intimately affected".[3]
See also
References
- ^ Clifton D. Bryant, ed. (2003). Handbook of Death & Dying. Vol. 1: The Presence of Death. Thousand Oaks, California: SAGE Publications, Inc. p. 345. ISBN 0-7619-2514-7. Retrieved 11 December 2011.
- ^ Pisón, Ramón Martínez de (2006). Death by despair: shame and suicide. Peter Lang. p. 60. ISBN 978-0-8204-6382-7.
- ^ Lukas, Christopher; Henry M. Seiden (1997) [1987]. Silent Grief: Living in the Wake of Suicide. Northvale, New Jersey: Jaron Aronson. p. 5. ISBN 0-7657-0056-5.
Further reading
- Alexander, Victoria (1991). Living in the Wake of Suicide: Stories of the People Left Behind. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers. p. 238. ISBN 0-7879-4052-6.
- Fine, Carla (1999). No Time to Say Goodbye: Surviving the Suicide of a Loved One. Random House. p. 272. ISBN 978-0-385-48551-7.
- Jordan, John R.; McIntosh, John L., eds. (2010). Grief After Suicide: Understanding the Consequences and Caring for the Survivors. Series in death, dying, and bereavement. Taylor & Francis. p. 544. ISBN 978-0-415-99355-5.
- Ross, E. Betsy (1997). Life After Suicide: A Ray of Hope for Those Left Behind. New York: Insight Books. p. 301. ISBN 0-306-45630-3.
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- Alliance of Hope for Suicide Survivors
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