Use of Health Services and Support Resources by Immediate Family Members Bereaved by Suicide: A Scoping Review

Silje L. Kaspersen (), Jorid Kalseth, Kim Stene-Larsen and Anne Reneflot
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Silje L. Kaspersen: Department of Health Research, SINTEF Digital, Pb. 4760 Torgarden, 7465 Trondheim, Norway
Jorid Kalseth: Department of Health Research, SINTEF Digital, Pb. 4760 Torgarden, 7465 Trondheim, Norway
Kim Stene-Larsen: Department of Mental Health and Suicide, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, 0456 Oslo, Norway
Anne Reneflot: Department of Mental Health and Suicide, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, 0456 Oslo, Norway

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 16, 1-28

Abstract: The knowledge on health service use, systematic follow-up, and support for families bereaved by suicide remains scarce. This scoping review includes studies from 2010 to March 2022 that investigate the follow-up and support offered by health services, peer support services, and other resources available (e.g., internet-based resources) for families bereaved by suicide. We followed the scoping review framework provided by the Johanna Briggs Institute and performed a double-blinded screening process using Covidence. Data were extracted by four researchers and a thematic analysis was performed to summarize the results. The PRISMA Extension for Scoping reviews was used for reporting results. Of 2385 studies screened by title, 190 by abstract, and 93 by full-text reading, we included 63 original articles of which 24, 29 and 10 were quantitative, qualitative, or mixed-methods studies, respectively. The review shows that we have some knowledge about the need for, and experiences with, health services and support resources for immediate family members bereaved by suicide, but a lack of knowledge about their help-seeking behaviour, patient pathways, systematic follow-up, coordination between services, and long-term outcomes. We need more longitudinal observational studies of health service use and patient trajectories for people bereaved by suicide.

Keywords: suicide; bereavement; postvention; support; internet; help-seeking; needs (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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