TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2012//
TI  - Essential questions on suicide bereavement and postvention
JO  - International journal of environmental research and public health
A1  - Andriessen, Karl
A1  - Krysinska, Karolina
SP  - 24
EP  - 32
VL  - 9
IS  - 1
N2  - 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.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1661-7827
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph9010024
ID  - ref1
ER  -