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What Helps and What Hinders the Process of Surviving the Suicide of Somebody Close?

Published Online:https://doi.org/10.1027/0227-5910.25.3.134

Abstract: This paper presents similar findings about the lack of support and understanding for people bereaved through suicide from four different countries and reports on each country's unique response to this challenge. This paper reports on presentations made at the conference workshop of the International Association for Suicide Prevention meeting in Chennai in 2001, and on participants' suggestions of how best to help the bereaved.

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