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At the same time, we are reminded about the devastation caused by suicide in families and the need for "postvention"
Am J Psychiatry current issue J. J. Mann 2010
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Prevention is the hope - not postvention care of grieving parents.
PR.com Press Releases author Carolyn C. Zahnow 2010
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Prevention is the hope - not postvention care of grieving parents.
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Prevention is the hope - not postvention care of grieving parents.
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Later this summer we will have completed the first curriculum designed to help workplaces improve their prevention, intervention and postvention (suicide crisis response) capacities.
Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local UISWER 2010
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The Office of Suicide Prevention (established in 2005 in the Nevada Health and Human Services Department) serves as an educational resource for suicide prevention, intervention and postvention (a term that means bereavement support and assistance for suicide attempt survivors), as well as printed material.
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It presented goals, objectives and strategies for youth suicide prevention, intervention and “postvention,” i.e., coping with the aftermath of a student’s attempted suicide, or completed suicide.”
Law In The Health and Human Services Donald T. Dickson 1995
bilby commented on the word postvention
"This CAP is the result of wide community consultation and will serve as a guide to local suicide prevention, early intervention and postvention support, resources, projects and activities in Glenorchy."
- email, 20 June 2014.
June 20, 2014