Evaluating the Outcomes for Bereaved People Supported by a Community-Based Suicide Bereavement Service
| Autor: | Mark A. Griffin, Victoria Suzanne Visser, Sara Dawn Dixon, Marc Gehrmann |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Suicide Prevention
050103 clinical psychology medicine.medical_specialty medicine.medical_treatment media_common.quotation_subject Suicide prevention 03 medical and health sciences Social support Death Sudden 0302 clinical medicine medicine Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Community Health Services Social isolation Psychiatry media_common Retrospective Studies Service (business) 05 social sciences Loneliness 030227 psychiatry Psychiatry and Mental health Postvention Cross-Sectional Studies Grief medicine.symptom Psychology Crisis intervention Bereavement |
| Zdroj: | Crisis. 41(6) |
| ISSN: | 2151-2396 |
| Popis: | Abstract. Background: Postvention services aim to support people bereaved by suicide and reduce the adverse impacts associated with suicide bereavement. StandBy Support After Suicide is a community-based suicide bereavement service that provides support and a coordinated response for people bereaved by suicide. Aims: We aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of the StandBy service in reducing suicidality, grief reactions associated with suicide bereavement, and social isolation among clients. Method: A retrospective cross-sectional design using an online survey was used to compare StandBy clients with people bereaved by suicide who did not access the StandBy service. Results: Among people whose most recent loss to suicide was within the past 12 months, people supported by StandBy were significantly less likely to be at risk of suicidality, experience a loss of social support, and experience social loneliness compared with people bereaved by suicide who had not accessed the StandBy service. Limitations: Owing to the use of a cross-sectional design, it was not possible to determine changes over time. Conclusion: Postvention in the form of a community-based crisis intervention, at the time of or close to a suicide, is effective in reducing adverse outcomes associated with suicide bereavement, and an important aspect of suicide prevention. |
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