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Abstract
Losing a loved one to suicide can be a difficult experience for all bereaved individuals, however the impact on parents is highly pronounced. This meta-synthesis aimed to explore parental experiences of bereavement following the loss of their child to suicide. A search of three databases, relevant reference lists and a systematic screening process resulted in 17 studies (20 reports). Using meta-ethnography, six third-order constructs and additional subthemes emerged: (1) The impact of grief, (2) The relentless search for answers, (3) Finding someone to blame, (4) Becoming someone else, (5) Navigating relationships (6) Staying connected: the enduring parent-child bond. The quality of included studies is outlined and clinical implications for practice and areas for future research are addressed.
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Now published ten times each year, this acclaimed journal provides refereed papers on significant research, scholarship, and practical approaches in the fast growing areas of bereavement and loss, grief therapy, death attitudes, suicide, and death education. It provides an international interdisciplinary forum in which a variety of professionals share results of research and practice, with the aim of better understanding the human encounter with death and assisting those who work with the dying and their families.
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