Suicide survivor

A suicide survivor or survivor of suicide is one of the family and friends of someone who has died by suicide.

Given the social stigma associated with suicide, suicide survivors are often unable to cope with their loss and grief using normal support systems, and are "forced into a privatized and individualistic mode of grieving," making the healing process even more difficult.

Estimates are that for every suicide, "there are seven to ten people intimately affected".

References

^ Clifton D. Bryant, ed. (2003). Handbook of Death & Dying. Vol. 1: The Presence of Death. Thousand Oaks, California: SAGE Publications, Inc. p. 345. ISBN 0-7619-2514-7. Retrieved 11 December 2011.
^ Pisón, Ramón Martínez de (2006). Death by despair: shame and suicide. Peter Lang. p. 60. ISBN 978-0-8204-6382-7.
^ Lukas, Christopher; Henry M. Seiden (1997) . Silent Grief: Living in the Wake of Suicide. Northvale, New Jersey: Jaron Aronson. p. 5. ISBN 0-7657-0056-5.

External links

Alliance of Hope for Suicide Survivors

[bryant-1] Clifton D. Bryant, ed. (2003). Handbook of Death & Dying. Vol. 1: The Presence of Death. Thousand Oaks, California: SAGE Publications, Inc. p. 345. ISBN 0-7619-2514-7. Retrieved 11 December 2011.

[2] Pisón, Ramón Martínez de (2006). Death by despair: shame and suicide. Peter Lang. p. 60. ISBN 978-0-8204-6382-7.

[3] Lukas, Christopher; Henry M. Seiden (1997) . Silent Grief: Living in the Wake of Suicide. Northvale, New Jersey: Jaron Aronson. p. 5. ISBN 0-7657-0056-5.

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