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Support Groups for Suicide Survivors: Results of a Survey of Group Leaders
Author(s) -
Cerel Julie,
Padgett Jason H.,
Reed Gerald A.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
suicide and life‐threatening behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.544
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1943-278X
pISSN - 0363-0234
DOI - 10.1521/suli.2009.39.6.588
Subject(s) - suicide prevention , support group , poison control , injury prevention , occupational safety and health , psychology , human factors and ergonomics , medicine , family medicine , psychiatry , medical emergency , pathology
To update and expand Rubey and McIntosh's (1996) survivors of suicide support groups report, SPAN USA completed a survey of U.S. support group leaders ( n = 100; 24% completion). There are now more survivor groups (from 280 to 417), and the majority of groups now have a survivor leader (78% vs. 25%). Groups continue to be small (88% < 10 members per session) and meet on a monthly basis (55%). Sharing continues to be a universal experience in groups, which tend to be open‐ended (85%). Current groups are newer, and more operate without a sponsor. Further research is needed to examine group member perspectives and effectiveness of groups.