Suicide in a Mental Health Setting: Caring for Staff, Clients, and Family Members
This is a reflection article presenting insights gained by a spiritual and religious caregiver through her experience of supporting and comforting individuals as they struggled with the societal, emotional, and spiritual issues resulting from a death by suicide, through her education in crisis manag...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Sage Publishing
2008
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In: |
Journal of pastoral care & counseling
Year: 2008, Volume: 62, Issue: 4, Pages: 353-362 |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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Summary: | This is a reflection article presenting insights gained by a spiritual and religious caregiver through her experience of supporting and comforting individuals as they struggled with the societal, emotional, and spiritual issues resulting from a death by suicide, through her education in crisis management, and through her review of the relevant literature. The article outlines the needs of psychiatric patients, hospital staff, and family members when a suicide has occurred. The author's point of view is that open non-judgmental dialogue is essential for healing the intense grief often associated with suicide. |
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ISSN: | 2167-776X |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of pastoral care & counseling
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/154230500806200405 |