TY - JOUR PY - 2008// TI - Suicide in a mental health setting: caring for staff, clients, and family members JO - Journal of pastoral care and counseling A1 - Soukoreff, Maureen SP - 353 EP - 362 VL - 62 IS - 4 N2 - This is a reflection article presenting insights gained by a spiritual and religious caregiver through her experience of supporting and comforting individuals as they struggled with the societal, emotional, and spiritual issues resulting from a death by suicide, through her education in crisis management, and through her review of the relevant literature. The article outlines the needs of psychiatric patients, hospital staff, and family members when a suicide has occurred. The author's point of view is that open non-judgmental dialogue is essential for healing the intense grief often associated with suicide.
Language: en
LA - en SN - 1542-3050 UR - http://dx.doi.org/ ID - ref1 ER -