ABSTRACT
Children and teens bereaved after death by suicide may have numerous and/or complex questions. Obviously, there may be more questions or concerns, depending on the significance of the deceased person to the child, such as a parent, sibling, other family member, friend, or some individual who was influential to that child. Most of the research on children and teens bereaved by suicide tends to focus on the bereavement responses of young people after parental suicide death, but parental suicides are not, regretfully, the only suicides children and teens might experience. The focus of this chapter is geared toward bereavement after parental suicide, but bereavement after the suicide death of a sibling, friend, acquaintance, or some other significant person will present similar challenges. Grief is a journey and a process of adjusting to life after a significant loss. But suicide as a traumatic loss brings additional circumstances that can make healing more difficult.
