Suicide survivor

A suicide survivor or survivor of suicide is one of the family and friends of someone who has died by suicide.

Given the social stigma associated with suicide, suicide survivors are often unable to cope with their loss and grief using normal support systems, and are "forced into a privatized and individualistic mode of grieving," making the healing process even more difficult.

Estimates are that for every suicide, "there are seven to ten people intimately affected".

See also

• International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day
• World Suicide Prevention Day

Further reading

• Alexander, Victoria (1991). Living in the Wake of Suicide: Stories of the People Left Behind. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers. p. 238. ISBN 0-7879-4052-6.
• Fine, Carla (1999). No Time to Say Goodbye: Surviving the Suicide of a Loved One. Random House. p. 272. ISBN 978-0-385-48551-7.
• Jordan, John R.; McIntosh, John L., eds. (2010). Grief After Suicide: Understanding the Consequences and Caring for the Survivors. Series in death, dying, and bereavement. Taylor & Francis. p. 544. ISBN 978-0-415-99355-5.
• Ross, E. Betsy (1997). Life After Suicide: A Ray of Hope for Those Left Behind. New York: Insight Books. p. 301. ISBN 0-306-45630-3.

External links

• Alliance of Hope for Suicide Survivors