title: The aftermath of suicide: managing survivors' bereavement.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To consider the management of bereavement in 1) those who have recently experienced the loss of a close family member or friend by suicide, 2) fellow patients on a ward or caregivers, and 3) therapists and other primary caregivers.
  
  
  METHODS
  Systematic review of the literature.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The quality of treatment trials of suicide survivors and others with complicated grief reactions is poor, with a few exceptions.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Emerging treatment methods with manualized complicated grief therapy (a form of cognitive-behavioural therapy) seem promising in adults, but there are also indications for interpersonal therapy (when the deceased is a child). Bereavement groups for children who have lost adult relatives may be useful.
authors.affiliation: University of Toronto, Head, High Risk Consultion Clinic, Center for Addition and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario. isaac.sakinofsky@utoronto.ca
authors.forename: Isaac
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sakinofsky
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D001601:Bereavement; D006282:Health Personnel; D006801:Humans; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D012944:Social Support; D013405:Suicide; D017741:Survivors / Q000523:psychology*