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3 Intuition, Imagination and Innovation in Suicidology Conference th difficulties experienced by the suicide exposed and bereaved. Today, the
slowness to acquire information on the suicide bereaved still remains, wi-
th the vast majority of studies of the bereaved based on convenience sam-
ples of treatment-involved survivors. We know very little about the bereaved
from the community at large who may not be seeking treatment. We need to
know how numerous are those who may not be seeking treatments; how are
they managing; what are they relying upon to help them cope with the inhe-
rent difficulties associated with suicide survivorship. We are now embarked
on completing a national study of 1,000 suicide-bereaved adults, examining
their use of healing aids, mental health difficulties and post-loss adjustments
to better illuminate this less well understood realm.
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slowness to acquire information on the suicide bereaved still remains, wi-
th the vast majority of studies of the bereaved based on convenience sam-
ples of treatment-involved survivors. We know very little about the bereaved
from the community at large who may not be seeking treatment. We need to
know how numerous are those who may not be seeking treatments; how are
they managing; what are they relying upon to help them cope with the inhe-
rent difficulties associated with suicide survivorship. We are now embarked
on completing a national study of 1,000 suicide-bereaved adults, examining
their use of healing aids, mental health difficulties and post-loss adjustments
to better illuminate this less well understood realm.
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