Surviving families: experiences of losing a family member to suicide
Elena Bustos Alfaro, Mara Regina Santos da Silva, Kateline Simone Gomes Fonseca, Carl Lacharité, Elga Mirta Furtado Barreto de Carvalho, Ariana Sofia Barradas da Silva, Elena Bustos Alfaro, Mara Regina Santos da Silva, Kateline Simone Gomes Fonseca, Carl Lacharité

TL;DR
This study explores how families cope with the suicide of a member and how they can transform the experience into a learning process.
Contribution
The study introduces a new understanding of family resilience in the aftermath of suicide through qualitative insights.
Findings
Families experience overlapping emotions like grief, anger, and guilt after a suicide.
Learning from the experience helps families rebuild relationships and adapt to the loss.
Health professionals should use ongoing assessments to support families in their recovery.
Abstract
to identify the interactional processes that allow surviving families to cope with the death by suicide of one of their members, to restructure themselves as a unit and transform the experience into a learning experience. a qualitative, exploratory study, guided by the concept of Family Resilience, in which eight families, who experienced the suicide of one of their members participated. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews and the data were submitted to thematic analysis. the results were organized into four thematic groups and revealed grief, despair, and perplexity of family members who could not understand the reasons for such a radical act; the feelings of pain due to the loss, overlapped with anger, relief and guilt. Blame was shared with other people and the social and health services; and the lessons that the experience provides. nurses and other healthcare…
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Taxonomy
TopicsGrief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse · Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
