Special Scar the experiences of people bereaved by suicide [WorldCat Entities]

"Looks in detail at the stigma surrounding suicide and offers practical help for survivors, relatives and friends of people who have taken their own life."@en
"Looks in detail at the stigma surrounding suicide and offers practical help for survivors, relatives and friends of people who have taken their own life."
"This new edition of A Special Scar looks in detail at the stigma surrounding suicide and offers practical help for survivors, relatives and friends of people who have taken their own life. Incorporating the latest research findings, and new material on counselling and groupwork with survivors of suicide, it will continue to be an invaluable resource for survivors as well as for all those in contact with them, including policy and coroner's officers, bereavement services, self-help organisations, mental health professionals, social workers, GPs, counsellors and psychotherapists."
"Every 85 minutes someone in the UK takes their own life and the suicide rate is currently the highest since 2004.? Society often reacts with unease, fear and even disapproval but what happens to those bereaved by a self-inflicted death? The reasons leading someone to take their own life are complex, and the bereavement reactions of survivors of suicide can also be complex, including shame, guilt, sadness and the effects of trauma, stigma and social isolation. It can be difficult for those personally affected by a suicide death to come to terms with their loss and seek help and."@en

Special Scar the experiences of people bereaved by suicide