Talking through the Dead

The Impact and Interplay of Lived Grief after Suicide

Datos Bibliográficos

ID13630398
AutoresKathy McKay (0000-0002-5536-2522, CRN for Mental Health and Wellbeing in Rural and Regional Communities, University of New England, Armidale, Australia, autor de correspondencia), Joe Tighe (Alive and Kicking Goals! Men's Outreach Inc., Broome, Australia)
Año2014
Volumen68
Número2
Páginas111-121
Fecha de publicación2014-01-18
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaOMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0030-2228 • E-ISSN: 1541-3764
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2190/om.68.2.b
PMID24673038
OpenAlexW2069539277
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas41

In the aftermath of suicide, grief becomes a multi-faceted experience. Traditionally, this grief was silenced where the shame attached to suicide invalidated a person's need for expression. Even now, it can be difficult for people to fully articulate their grief, let alone find an empathetic audience. How do we examine this grief to more clearly hear the voices of the bereaved, and to better understand how to support those who are grieving a suicide death? Indeed, the ripple of suicide grief touches more than those traditionally considered to be impacted by the death. Whole communities can be affected and it cannot be presumed that researchers do not have their own lived experiences of suicide bereavement. In this way, the newly-opened discourse around the experience of suicide grief needs to be dissected within more practical and appropriate research. A balance needs to be created in research where the voices of grief can be included but the experiential context understood and respected

Context (archaeology · Disenfranchised grief · Expression (computer science · Grief · Psychotherapist · Shame · Traumatic grief · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · History · Homelessness and Social Issues · Migration, Health and Trauma · Psychology · Social Psychology