Main description:

Suicide is not merely the act of an individual; it always has an effecton others and can even increase the risk of suicide in the bereaved.The International Association for Suicide Prevention, the WorldHealth Organisation, and others have recognized postvention as animportant strategy for suicide prevention. This unique andcomprehensive handbook, authored by nearly 100 internationalexperts, including researchers, clinicians, support group facilitators,and survivors, presents the state-of-the-art in suicide bereavementsupport.The first part examines the key concepts and the processes thatthe bereaved experience and illustrates them with illuminatingclinical vignettes. The second and third parts look in detail at suicidesupport in all the most relevant settings (including general practices,the workplace, online and many others) as well as in specific groups(such as health care workers).In the concluding section, the support provided for thosebereaved by suicide in no less than 23 countries is explored in detail,showing that postvention is becoming a worldwide strategy forsuicide prevention.These chapters provide useful lessons andinspiration for extending and improving postvention in new andexisting areas.
This unique handbook is thus essential reading foranyone involved in suicide prevention or postvention research andpractice.

Contents:

Foreword by R. D. Goldney
Part I: Current Knowledge and Implications for
Support
1 Current Understandings of Suicide Bereavement
by K. Andriessen, K. Krysinska, and O. T. Grad
2 Effects of Suicide Bereavement on Mental and
Physical Health by A. Erlangsen and A. Pitman
3 Suicide Bereavement and Postvention Among
Adolescents by K. Andriessen, M. Dudley, B. Draper,
and P. B. Mitchell
4 Suicide Bereavement and Gender by O. T. Grad, M.
Treven, and K. Krysinska
5 Posttraumatic Growth After Suicide by C. Genest,
M. Moore, and C. M. Nowicke
6 Feeling Responsible: Pathways From Guilt Toward
Inner Peace by D. A.Castelli Dransart
7 Suicide Loss and the Quest for Meaning by R. A.
Neimeyer and D. C. Sands
8 The Growing Flower Model of Reintegration After
Suicide by V. Postuvan
Part II: Suicide Bereavement Support in Different
Settings
9 History of Survivor Support by J. L. McIntosh,
I. Bolton, K. Andriessen, and F. Campbell
10 Characteristics and Effectiveness of Suicide
Survivor Support Groups by J. L. McIntosh
11 Priorities for Suicide Survivor Support Groups
in Japan and the United States by W. Feigelman,
B. Feigelman, D. Kawashima, K. Shiraga, and K.
Kawano
12 Peer Counseling in Suicide Bereavement:
Characteristics and Pitfalls by O. Oulanova and
M. Seguin
13 After Suicide - Roles of the General Practitioner
by S. Clark and L. Ebert
14 Supporting Families Through the Forensic and
Coronial Process After a Death From Suicide by
J. Mowll, H. Smith, and C. Fitzpatrick
15 Workplaces and the Aftermath of Suicide by S.
Spencer-Thomas and J. Stohlmann-Rainey
16 The Roles of Religion and Spirituality in Suicide
Bereavement and Postvention by K. Krysinska, D.
R. Jahn, S. Spencer-Thomas, and K. Andriessen
17 Online Suicide Bereavement and Support by
K. Krysinska and K. Andriessen
18 A Vibrant Living Process: Art Making and the
Storying of Suicide by M. Eales and E. Colucci
Part III: Suicide Bereavement Support in Different
Populations
19 Emerging Survivor Populations: Support After
Suicide Clusters and Murder-Suicide Events by
E. Arensman and S. McCarthy
20 Lack of Trust in the Health Care System by Suicide-
Bereaved Parents by R. Pettersen
21 Impact of Client Suicide on Health and Mental
Health Professionals by D. A. Castelli Dransart,
M. Treven, O. T. Grad, and K. Andriessen
22 Promoting a Way of Life to Prevent Premature
Death: Ojibway First Nation (Anishinaabe) Healing
Practices by E. A. Connors, J. Rice, and A. A.
Leenaars
Part IV: Help for the Bereaved by Suicide in
Different Countries
Part IV.1: The Americas
23 Brazil - The Development of Suicide Postvention
by K. Scavacini
24 Canada - Hope After Loss: Suicide Bereavement
and Postvention Services of Suicide Action Montreal
by J.-C. Daoust
25 Uruguay - Working With Suicide Survivors by S.
Pelaez, P. Wels, and I. Valencia
26 USA - Suicide Bereavement Support and Postvention
by J. Reed, J. R. Jordan, and J. L. McIntosh
27 USA - National Postvention Guidelines by J. R.
Jordan
28 USA - The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention's
Support of People Bereaved by Suicide
by R. Gebbia and C. Moutier
29 USA - Collaboration of Volunteers and Professionals
in Suicide Bereavement Support: The
EMPACT Experience by S. McNally, J. McMahon,
and D. Thirion
Part IV.2: Europe
30 Austria by R. Seibl
31 Belgium by L. Willems and L. Hoebrechts
32 Denmark by A. Erlangsen and E. Fleischer
33 England by K. Lascelles, A. Pitman, S. McDonnell,
H. Elvidge, H. Garnham, and K. Hawton
34 France by J.-P. Soubrier and J.-J. Chavagnat
35 Italy by P. Scocco, E. Toffol, S. Totaro, C. Castriotta,
and A. Ferrari
36 Italy by K. A. Ratkowska and D. De Leo
37 Lithuania by V. Klimaite, P. Skruibis, and D. Gailiene
38 Norway by C. Back Vestli
39 Portugal by I. Areal Rothes, J. C. Santos, and S.
Santos
40 Slovenia by O. T. Grad, V. Postuvan, Nada Wolf, P.
Ozbic, and A. Zavasnik
41 The Netherlands by A. van der Veer and C. Nijhuis
Part IV.3: Africa
42 South-Africa by L. Schlebusch
Part IV.4: Asia-Pacific
43 Australia by D. Ceramidas, A. Staines, and
D. De Leo
44 Hong-Kong by Y. Wa Law, P. S. F. Yip, P. W. C. Wong,
and A. Y. M. Chow
45 Japan by D. Kawashima and K. Kawano
46 New Zealand by J. Tiatia-Seath
47 Thailand by P. Thomyangkoon