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The suicide survivor’s grief and recovery

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Knieper, Audra J.·1999·Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior
DOI 10.1111/j.1943-278x.1999.tb00530.x
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While official estimates report approximately 30,000 completed suicides each year, some researchers claim the numbers range much higher. Each suicide has severe and prolonged effects on the family members and friends left behind. Those left behind, the survivors of the suicide, tend to experience a very complicated form of bereavement. This is due to the combination of the sudden shock, the unanswered question of "why," and possibly the trauma of discovering or witnessing the suicide. Survivors' grief reactions can become even more exacerbated by inappropriate responses from the community to the suicide. A mental health professional can help the survivor through this difficult grieving process by direct and indirect means.

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Authors
Knieper, A. J.
Affiliations
Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center (US)
Corresponding author
Knieper, Audra J.
Venue
Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior
Publisher
Wiley
Published
1999-12
Volume
29
Issue
4
Pages
353-364
ISSN
  • 0363-0234 (ISSN-L)
  • 1943-278X
DOI
10.1111/j.1943-278x.1999.tb00530.x
OpenAlex
W1774363852
Cited by
102
References
23
Citations by year
2025: 2 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 13 · 2015: 4 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 7 · 2012: 7
FWCI
1.36
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor (vor, 4047 d)
Locations
  • Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior (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 survivors, grief, complicated grief, suicide bereavement, mental health interventions
MeSH terms
Family, Grief, Humans, Social Support, Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic, Suicide

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