Post-Suicide Grief Process: A Systematic Review

Abstract

While suicide has been a frequently studied subject in the literature, the grief process experienced by the survivors after suicide has been one of the neglected topics. Contributing to the literature and being able to understand how the bereavement processes of people shaped who experience the grief after suicide are the purposes of the systematic review. Accordingly, it was decided to include quantitative studies with comparative groups in order to understand whether these people are in the risk group or not, and qualitative studies to understand the grieving process in deeply. Scopus, PubMed, ScienceDirect, EBOSCO and ProQuest databases were searched and 28 studies were included in the systematic review. The prisma chart of the review and the summary of the studies are presented with the tables. According to the findings, it can be stated that the bereavement process of people who experience the grief process after suicide is shaped in a different way. Points to be considered about the bereavement process of people who have experienced a post-suicide grief and suggestions for this grief process are given in the discussion and conclusion part of the study.

Keywords

• suicide
• bereavement
• loss
• systematic review

İntihar Sonrası Yas Süreci: Bir Sistematik Gözden Geçirme

Öz

İntihar alanyazında sıkça çalışılan bir konu olagelmişken, ölümle sonuçlanan intihar sonrasında geride kalanların nasıl bir yas süreci yaşadıkları göz ardı edilen konulardan biri olmuştur. Sistematik derlemenin amaçları arasında; bu konuda alanyazına katkı sağlamak ve intihar sonrası yas süreci yaşayan kişilerin yas süreçlerinin nasıl şekillendiğini anlayabilmek bulunmaktadır. Ek olarak yasa yönelik hayata geçirilebilecek müdahale programlarında dikkat edilmesi gereken önemli noktalara değinilmiştir. Bu doğrultuda, sistematik derleme çalışmasına intihar eden kişinin geride kalan yakınlarının risk grubunda olup olmadığını anlayabilmek için karşılaştırılmalı grupların bulunduğu nicel çalışmalar ve yaşanılan yas sürecini derinlemesine anlayabilmek için yapılan nitel çalışmaların birlikte dahil edilmesine karar verilmiştir. Scopus, PubMed, ScienceDirect, EBOSCO ve ProQuest veritabanları taranmış ve sistematik derlemeye 28 çalışma dahil edilmiştir. Derlemenin akış diagramı ve çalışmaların özeti tablolarla birlikte sunulmuştur. Bulgulara göre, intihar sonrası yas süreci yaşayan kişilerin yas sürecinin farklı bir biçimde şekillendiği dile getirilebilir. İntihar sonrası yas süreci yaşayan kişilerin yas sürecine dair dikkat edilmesi gereken noktalar ve buna yönelik öneriler çalışmanın tartışma ve sonuç bölümünde verilmiştir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• İntihar
• yas süreci
• kayıp
• sistematik derleme

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