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Sibling Suicide: An Avalanche on Life's Path

By Leah Royden — 2019

Sibling suicide threatens future potential, but doesn't have to destroy it.

Read on www.psychologytoday.com

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When a Sibling Dies by Suicide

Samantha recounts the grief she experienced after losing her brother to suicide.

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Robert T Muller Ph.D.
2017
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Joanne Cacciatore on Bereavement Work and Traumatic Loss: On the Future of Mental Health

Part of being human means that we do experience the natural ebb and flow of life. This brings sadness and joy, despair and happiness, pain and beauty, loss and love. These aspects of the human experience are normal.

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Eric R. Maisel
2016
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Meet Dr. Joanne Cacciatore

Most of you know her as Dr. Joanne Cacciatore, founder of the MISS Foundation and professor and researcher at Arizona State University. Her expertise is helping those affected by traumatic death.

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Sarah Love
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Sibling Suicide Survivors: The "Forgotten Mourners"

Suicide-bereaved siblings suffer intensely. They also tend to suffer invisibly.

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Leah Royden
2019
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Losing Two Siblings to Suicide

I grew up with mental illness in my family. I was the youngest of four siblings — Joan, Victor, Barbara and I — in a Syrian Jewish household. When I was young, Victor and Joan both died by suicide. These losses had, and continue to have, a profound impact on my life.

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Albert Dabah
2019
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Readers Share Stories of Grief After Losing Loved Ones to Suicide

A Wall Street Journal article about the experiences of the bereaved prompted readers to write about their own losses.

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Andrea Petersen
2020
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How Spirituality Affects Mental Health

Understanding the difference between a spiritual crisis and a mental illness is important to get to the root of the problem.

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Dan Brennan
2021
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When Spiritual Crises Show Up in the Mental Health System

Spiritual “emergencies” require understanding from mental health professionals.

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Robert T. Muller
2022
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An Introduction to the Death-Positive Movement

In most modern cultures, it’s common for people to feel uneasy about death. We express this discomfort by avoiding conversations on the topic and lowering our voices when speaking of the dead and dying.

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2022
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A Heartfelt Appeal for a Graceful Exit

Studies of dying patients who seek a hastened death have shown that their reasons often go beyond physical ones like intractable pain or emotional ones like feeling hopeless.

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Jane E. Brody
2008
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Death or Loss of a Sibling