The Grief Response Following Suicide(IN: The Many Faces of Bereavement: the Nature and Treatment of Natural, Traumatic, and Stigmatized Grief, by G Sprang & J McNeil)

This chapter will delineate how society has viewed suicide over many centuries & how these varying perceptions have influenced the behaviour of suicide during the grief process. Additionally, suicide & societal response will be examined across the life span (childhood, adolescence, adulthood, & among the elderly)