En kvalitativ intervjustudie om efterlevandes erfarenheter och behov av stöd vid förlust av en anhörig i suicid

Sammanfattning: Suicide is an extensive worldwide public health problem. Every suicide leaves survivors, families and friends in grief and sorrow, a group of people who in turn are in need of support. The purpose of this essay is to increase the knowledge and understanding about these peoples’ need of support as a form of suicide prevention. Someone who suffered a loss of a relative to suicide are at greater risk of mental illness and are in turn at greater risk of committing suicide themselves.  In order to achieve the purpose of this essay, a qualitative study has been done in the form of six interviews with people who have suffered the loss of a relative to suicide. These people have contributed greatly to the essay with stories from their experiences. The conclusion confirms previous research of this subject, the lack of experience and routine about how to receive and support a survivor on a structural level. This essay shows that the survivors in this study are in need of support after a suicide. It also shows that the survivors want direct support and professional help after the suicide.