The Suicide Survivors Grief Group

Abstract

A description is given of the six-year-old Suicide Survivors Grief Group in Minneapolis-St. Paul. The structure, dynamics, and problems of survivors, as well as the unique problems of grief in suicide death are presented. There are remaining problems, primarily in reaching survivors who are too stigmatized to respond, but there is widespread community and professional acceptance and support. It is concluded that at least for as long as suicide death is tabooed and stigmatized, there will be a need for separate grief groups for suicide survivors.