Essential Questions on Suicide Bereavement and Postvention

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Karl Andriessen¹ 

[1] Suicide Prevention Program of the Flemish Community Mental Health Centres, 9000 Gent, Belgium

关键词: suicide;    prevention;    postvention;    bereavement;    public health;    policy;   

DOI  :  10.3390/ijerph9010024

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

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.

【 授权许可】

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