A Special Scar: The Experiences of People Bereaved by Suicide - Couverture rigide

Wertheimer, Alison

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0415824672 ISBN 13 : 9780415824675

Editeur : Routledge, 2013

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Every 85 minutes someone in the UK takes their own life and the suicide rate is currently the highest since 2004. Society often reacts with unease, fear and even disapproval but what happens to those bereaved by a self-inflicted death? The reasons leading someone to take their own life are complex, and the bereavement reactions of survivors of suicide can also be complex, including shame, guilt, sadness and the effects of trauma, stigma and social isolation.

It can be difficult for those personally affected by a suicide death to come to terms with their loss and seek help and support. A Special Scar looks in detail at the impact of suicide and offers practical help for survivors, relatives and friends of people who have taken their own life. Fifty bereaved people tell their stories, showing us that, by not hiding the truth from themselves and others they have been able to learn to live with the suicide, offering hope to others facing this traumatic loss.

This Classic Edition includes a brand-new introduction to the work and will be an invaluable resource for survivors of suicide as well as for all those who are in contact with them, including police and coroner's officers, bereavement services, self-help organisations for survivors, mental health professionals, social workers, GPs, counsellors and therapists.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Alison Wertheimer has been a freelance writer, researcher and counsellor since 1987, after working in the voluntary sector for twenty years.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0415824672
• ISBN 13: 9780415824675
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 272