TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Perceived social support and mental health after suicide loss
JO  - Crisis
A1  - Oexle, Nathalie
A1  - Sheehan, Lindsay
SP  - 1
EP  - 5
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - <p><Background: Despite great need, social support is limited after suicide loss, which could contribute to worse mental health outcomes including increased suicidality among suicide loss survivors.     Aims: To examine the associations between perceived social support, grief difficulties, depressive symptoms, suicidality, and personal growth among 195 suicide loss survivors.     Method: The associations between perceived social support, grief difficulties, depressive symptoms, suicidality, and personal growth were tested using linear regression modeling.     Results: In controlled models, more perceived social support was significantly associated with decreased grief difficulties, depressive symptoms, and suicidality, as well as with increased personal growth. Limitations: Participants were mostly Caucasian women who participated in a cross-sectional online survey.     Conclusion: Our findings suggest that programs to increase social support after suicide loss may be an important aspect of suicide postvention.    Keywords: suicide loss survivors, suicide bereavement, social support, suicidality/p>  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0227-5910
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1027/0227-5910/a000594
ID  - ref1
ER  -