Citation

Grad OT. Psychiatr. Danub. 2006; 18(Suppl 1): 27.

Affiliation

Psychiatric Hospital Ljubljana, Zaloska 29, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia. onja.grad@psih-klinika.si.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2006, Facultas Universitatis Studiorum Zagrabiensis - Danube Symposion of Psychiatry)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

16963872

Abstract

When somebody close dies after committing suicide, there are number of people who can be affected by this death. The first circle is obviously the family, but also friends, colleagues, teachers, a therapist, if the person has been in treatment, and a GP, who took care of his/her health. Who is suffering most and who needs most help can be different in every case. Any suicide produces a unique aftermath in the bereaved survivors and some of them search professional help and support, which can be individual or in a group. This therapy has dual purpose: first, it helps the individual or family to go through rather extreme and very difficult time getting more insight, understanding and accepting of their own feelings and reactions, and second, it presents a good example of practical prevention of further potential dysfunctioning (the next suicide included) of a person or the family as a whole. Some vignettes from the author's almost two decades long practice with suicide survivors will be discussed to display possibilities and limitations of this help offered to the bereaved individuals.

Language: en