Preventing suicide in community and custodial settings. Evidence review 5 for interventions to support people bereaved or affected by a suspected suicide.

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (2018)

NICE - n/a

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Evidence Categories

• Care setting: Other settings
• Population group: Adults
• Population group: Children & Adolescents
• Population group: Bereaved or affected by a suspected suicide.
• Intervention: Selective interventions: Psychosocial Interventions
• Outcome: Suicide

Type of Evidence

NICE Underpinning Review

Overview

This evidence review underpinning NICE guidance NG105 addressed the following review questions: Are approaches that provide people affected by suicide with information about grief and bereavement and bereavement support services (postvention) effective and cost effective at encouraging those people to seek help? What impact do the following have on the effectiveness, cost effectiveness of different interventions: deliverer, setting, timing?

Recommendations

The evidence from this review supports the recommendations 1.8 Supporting people bereaved or affected by a suspected suicide. The following recommendation for research is also based on this evidence review: 2. How effective and cost effective are interventions to support people in the community who are bereaved or affected by a suicide?