Grief After Suicide: New Perspectives on Needs, Postvention Programs and Policy - Volume II

This Research Topic is the second volume of Research Topic "Grief After Suicide: A Health Perspective on Needs, Effective Help, and Personal Growth." Please, see the first volume here.Losing a close person to suicide is one of the most devastating life events. People bereaved by suicide often struggle with intense feelings of sadness, guilt, anger and shame. They also have increased risks of mental health problems, such as depression or posttraumatic stress disorder, and suicidal behaviour. Although research in this field has increased, there is still limited understanding of effective coping across the lifespan, and among culturally diverse populations. There is a strong need for interventions and support systems, including information resources, lived-experience, support groups, outreach, online, and psychotherapeutic and community-based approaches across the globe. This Research Topic welcomes contributions that enhance our understanding of coping with suicide bereavement, effective interventions and implementation of support systems. Type of contributions may include original research (quantitative, qualitative, mixed-methods) and review papers (scoping review, systematic review, meta-analysis). The following are topics of interest:• Impact of suicide loss on individuals, families, and society• Suicide bereavement across the life span (youth, adult, older adults)• Suicide bereavement in men, women, and gender diverse populations• Suicide bereavement in specific populations, such as clinicians, first-responders, police, … • Suicide bereavement in cultural minorities, migrants, and first nations people• Suicide bereavement in non-Westernised, and Low-and-Middle-Income Countries• Trauma and posttraumatic growth in suicide-bereaved individuals• Risk of Prolonged Grief Disorder• Risk of suicidal behaviour among people bereaved by suicide• Risk and protective factors regarding adverse outcomes in suicide bereavement• Help-seeking and postvention service delivery• Lived-experience and peer support • Effective postvention support and interventions across settings (schools, health and social services, etc.)• Psychotherapeutic approaches for suicide bereavement• Online, apps, and AI-driven suicide postvention support• Continuing bonds, rites, memorials, and new forms of memorialisation (virtual memorials, etc.)• Religiosity and spirituality • Training programs on suicide postvention• Implementation and evaluation of postvention protocols across settings • Evaluation of postvention resources (such as children’s books, resources for the social environment of the bereaved)• Public health approaches to suicide postvention• Bereavement and postvention after assisted suicide Topic editors: Karl Andriessen, Karolina Krysinska, Dolores Angela Castelli Dransart Source: https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/81552/grief-after-suicide-new-perspectives-on-needs-postvention-programs-and-policy---volume-ii