Suicide Postvention is Prevention: a Proactive Planning Workbook for Communities Affected by Youth Suicide

This workbook is based on the experience of the authors, of suicide survivors & on current research. The workbook includes sections on building local commitment, suicide postvention tasks, schools & postvention, cultural considerations in postvention, & planning for the future. Workbook appendices expand upon important & related postvention issues, including the following: responsible media reporting, death notices & the importance of language, psychosocial debriefing, grief & trauma after suicide, supporting survivors of suicide, when a client dies, & post-traumatic growth. (LC) (1 ref)