Parental suicide

The long-term impact on children and young people

Bibliographic Data

ID20159786
AuthorsCaroline Simone (University of Derby, corresponding author)
Year2008
Volume27
Issue3
Pages43-46
Publication date2008-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueBereavement Care (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0268-2621 • E-ISSN: 1944-8279
PublisherCruse Bereavement Care (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/02682620808657726
OpenAlexW2324438698
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited18

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