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Assistance from local authorities versus survivors’ needs for support after suicide
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As part of a larger study, this article describes the local authorities in Norway as providers of help and survivors as recipients of help after the suicide of a young person (<30 years) in 83 families. A questionnaire developed for this study maps the extent of professional community support as reported by parent survivors (N = 128). Additionally, 41 survivors described the quality of the assistance through in-depth interviews. Another questionnaire assesses the provisions and the organization of intervention strategies in local communities. Personnel in 321 of Norway's 481 municipalities responded. Although survivors' wishes for ideal support coincide with recommendations by experts in the field, local authorities lack the organization to fulfill such expectations. The discussion highlights issues relating to content, organization, and ideology of the assistance.
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“Our findings regarding the need for others to initiate support are similar to those from Australian [22,40] and Danish qualitative work [41] and our previously published British focus group discussion [42].”
From Support Needs and Experiences of People Bereaved by Suicide: Qualitative Findings from a Cross-Sectional British Study of Bereaved Young Adults (2018) · cites this paper as [41]
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“A study by Provini et al. [23] showed that while 72% of survivors expressed the need for professional help, only 47% actually received it; an observation confirmed in other studies, e.g., [32].”
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“However, earlier studies have shown that the non-participants might even be worse off than those who do participate in such studies (Paykel, 1983; Dyregrov, 2002).”
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“Rates of primary care physician contact have been reported at 55% to 60%.(60,63) Therefore, the rates reported in the current study are likely an underrepresentation of the true population prevalence and could thus affect the representativeness of the findings, although it is unknown whether this would have preferenti…”
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“Only a minority (approximately 25%) of survivors find their way to support groups or therapy in countries where this support is available (Dyregrov, 2002; Provini et al., 2000; Saarinen et al., 1999).”
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- Authors
- Dyregrov, K.
- Affiliations
- Senter for Krisepsykologi (NO)
- Corresponding author
- Dyregrov, Kari
- ORCID
- Dyregrov, Kari
- Venue
- Death Studies
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2002-09
- Volume
- 26
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 647-668
- ISSN
- 0748-1187 (ISSN-L)
- 1091-7683
- OpenAlex
- W2171256874
- Cited by
- 120
- References
- 24
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- FWCI
- 3.53
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Death Studies (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Social Sciences › Anthropology › Death, Funerary Practices, and Mourning
- Keywords
- suicide bereavement, local government, municipal support services, community support, young adult suicide, family support, intervention strategies
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Community Health Services, Counseling, Humans, Norway, Parents, Social Support, Suicide, Survivors, Community Networks
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