Parental suicide

The long-term impact on children and young people

Datos Bibliográficos

ID20159786
AutoresCaroline Simone (University of Derby, autor de correspondencia)
Año2008
Volumen27
Número3
Páginas43-46
Fecha de publicación2008-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaBereavement Care (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0268-2621 • E-ISSN: 1944-8279
EditorialCruse Bereavement Care (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/02682620808657726
OpenAlexW2324438698
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas18

This paper reports on a work-in-progress research project exploring adults' experiences of childhood or adult losses after parental suicide. Suicide is the violent and immediate severing of the parent-child relationship, and findings from the research indicate that family communication in its aftermath may be severely disrupted. The censoring of grief, ambiguity of stories told to the bereaved, avoidance of details and suppressing of grief are common threads. Consequently, the grief process may be delayed. The search for the why and how of the suicide, the memorialising, and the finding of a connection with the dead parent may take place many years later

Ambiguity · Complicated grief · Developmental psychology · Grief · Psychotherapist · Traumatic grief · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse · Migration, Health and Trauma · Psychology