Suicide Postvention Service Models and Guidelines 2014–2019: A Systematic Review
Background: Suicide bereavement can have a lasting and devastating psychosocial impact on the bereaved individuals and communities. Many countries, such as Australia, have included postvention, i.e., concerted suicide bereavement support, in their suicide prevention policies. While little is known o...
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| author | Karl Andriessen Karolina Krysinska Karolina Krysinska Kairi Kõlves Nicola Reavley |
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| description | Background: Suicide bereavement can have a lasting and devastating psychosocial impact on the bereaved individuals and communities. Many countries, such as Australia, have included postvention, i.e., concerted suicide bereavement support, in their suicide prevention policies. While little is known of the effectiveness of postvention, this review aimed to investigate what is known of the effects of postvention service delivery models and the components that may contribute to the effectiveness.Method: Systematic review and quality assessment of peer reviewed literature (Medline, PsycINFO, Embase, EBM Reviews) and gray literature and guidelines published since 2014.Results: Eight studies and 12 guidelines were included, with little evidence of effectiveness. Still, providing support according to the level of grief, involvement of trained volunteers/peers, and focusing the interventions on the grief, seem promising components of effective postvention.Conclusions: Adopting a public health approach to postvention can allow to tailor the service delivery to needs of the bereaved individuals and to align postvention with suicide prevention programs. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9ae4a7b0a10340b0a0fdfffcf4d0928b2022-12-22T01:14:20ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782019-11-011010.3389/fpsyg.2019.02677491007Suicide Postvention Service Models and Guidelines 2014–2019: A Systematic ReviewKarl Andriessen0Karolina Krysinska1Karolina Krysinska2Kairi Kõlves3Nicola Reavley4Centre for Mental Health, School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Carlton, VIC, AustraliaCentre for Mental Health, School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Carlton, VIC, AustraliaOrygen, The National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health, Parkville, VIC, AustraliaWHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Suicide Prevention, School of Applied Psychology, Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention, Griffith University, Brisbane, QLD, AustraliaCentre for Mental Health, School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Carlton, VIC, AustraliaBackground: Suicide bereavement can have a lasting and devastating psychosocial impact on the bereaved individuals and communities. Many countries, such as Australia, have included postvention, i.e., concerted suicide bereavement support, in their suicide prevention policies. While little is known of the effectiveness of postvention, this review aimed to investigate what is known of the effects of postvention service delivery models and the components that may contribute to the effectiveness.Method: Systematic review and quality assessment of peer reviewed literature (Medline, PsycINFO, Embase, EBM Reviews) and gray literature and guidelines published since 2014.Results: Eight studies and 12 guidelines were included, with little evidence of effectiveness. Still, providing support according to the level of grief, involvement of trained volunteers/peers, and focusing the interventions on the grief, seem promising components of effective postvention.Conclusions: Adopting a public health approach to postvention can allow to tailor the service delivery to needs of the bereaved individuals and to align postvention with suicide prevention programs.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02677/fullbereavementguidelinesmental healthpostventionsuicidesystematic review |
| spellingShingle | Karl Andriessen Karolina Krysinska Karolina Krysinska Kairi Kõlves Nicola Reavley Suicide Postvention Service Models and Guidelines 2014–2019: A Systematic Review Frontiers in Psychology bereavement guidelines mental health postvention suicide systematic review |
| title | Suicide Postvention Service Models and Guidelines 2014–2019: A Systematic Review |
| title_full | Suicide Postvention Service Models and Guidelines 2014–2019: A Systematic Review |
| title_fullStr | Suicide Postvention Service Models and Guidelines 2014–2019: A Systematic Review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Suicide Postvention Service Models and Guidelines 2014–2019: A Systematic Review |
| title_short | Suicide Postvention Service Models and Guidelines 2014–2019: A Systematic Review |
| title_sort | suicide postvention service models and guidelines 2014 2019 a systematic review |
| topic | bereavement guidelines mental health postvention suicide systematic review |
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