Educational Materials and Resources For Anyone With a Personal or Professional Interest in Suicide Bereavement Support
Suicide Bereavement UK Training
Suicide Bereavement UK’s Training Programmes
Suicide Bereavement UK has developed evidence-based training programmes (i.e. based on extensive research) which are being delivered to a wide range of professionals across the country. The training programmes are first of their kind internationally. Information about each training programme is noted below.
PABBS training aims to increase the knowledge, skills and confidence of health and care professionals so that they can appropriately respond to and care for those bereaved or affected by suicide. It is delivered on a regular basis throughout the UK. PP Training has been designed for prison staff (i.e. prison officers and health care staff) and informed by ex-prisoners who were in prison when a suicide occurred. This training will help increase prison staff knowledge, skills and confidence in how to respond to and care for prisoners when a suicide occurs within a prison setting. This training will be available from Spring 2021. Public Health England (PHE) and NHS Health Education England (HEE) provide details of suicide prevention training programmes in England including the ‘Postvention Assisting those Bereaved by Suicide (PABBS)’ training which was developed by Dr Sharon McDonnell and her research team and is being delivered by Suicide Bereavement UK (see page 46).Postvention Assisting those Bereaved by Suicide (PABBS) training
For more information click herePrison Postvention (PP) training
For more information click hereMental Health Promotion and Prevention Training
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Zero Suicide Alliance Free Online Suicide Prevention Training
Zero Suicide: Suicide Prevention Training associated with Young People/Students People bereaved by suicide understandably struggle to cope, and as a direct result some feel suicidal. Many bereaved families worry that another ‘significant other’ might also die by suicide, but are often too frightened to verbalise this to the person they are concerned about. Equally, the bereaved person in crisis, can often be anxious about disclosing this to their family, as they are already grieving the loss of a family member to suicide. This free online suicide prevention training by Zero Suicide Alliance provides guidance on how to ask this difficult question and how to respond. This training is relevant to everyone, including those bereaved by suicide and professionals. To access the training click hereSuicide – Lets Talk – Young People & Students
Zero Suicide Alliance Free Online Suicide Prevention Training
Suicide Bereavement Report
This report is an essential read for professionals who come into contact with those bereaved or affected by suicide, including government departments, commissioners and those developing postvention services. Dr. Sharon McDonnell (Managing Director of Suicide Bereavement UK and Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Manchester) led the national suicide bereavement study, which was a collaboration between the University of Manchester and Support After Suicide Partnership. Over 7,000 people bereaved or affected by suicide in the UK, completed a 72 question survey, reporting their experiences and perceived needs associated with such deaths, making it the largest suicide bereavement survey internationally. Findings are of national and international importance. You can read or download the report HERE From Grief to Hope
Documentaries and Film Clips About Suicide Bereavement
The following documentaries are relevant to those bereaved by suicide and professionals who want to learn about the difficulties those bereaved by suicide face.
Angela Samata talks about losing her partner to suicide and the impact it has had on her family. She also interviews others bereaved by suicide to highlight the difficulties people face when bereaved by suicide and to help reduce the stigma that surrounds suicide. In 2016 Angela was a BAFTA nominee (Best Single Documentary category) for this documentary. Rapper Professor Green, aka Stephen Manderson, talks, in a BBC documentary, about losing his father to suicide. This website is an audio-visual resource which provides short film clips of people bereaved by suicide talking about their experiences (e.g. their feelings, the funeral, the inquest).Life After Suicide, BBC Documentary, March 2015
https://documentaryheaven.com/life-after-suicideProfessor Green: Suicide and Me, BBC Documentary, 2015
Healthtalk
http://www.healthtalk.org/peoples-experiences/dying-bereavement/bereavement-due-suicide/topics
Podcast interviews
Dr Sharon McDonnell has talked about her research in several podcast interviews.
For more information click here
Suicide Bereavement Research and Projects led by Dr McDonnell
The National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Safety in Mental Health
This website is a valuable resource for those interested in the research conducted by the National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Safety in Mental Health at the University of Manchester. This research influences UK policy and practice. The website also provides access to key resources.National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Safety in Mental Health
https://sites.manchester.ac.uk/ncish
