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Klinisk Sygepleje ∙ 28. årgang ∙ Nr. 2 ∙ 2014
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Postvention efter en søn eller
datters selvmordsforsøg
Postvention after a son’s or a daughter’s suicide attempt
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Background:
Suicide and suicidal behaviour are serious public health problems which affect
not only the suicidal person, but also the families and communities upset by such events. The
Network for the Suicide Struck (NEFOS) provides postvention which is the focussed provision of
support to people affected by suicidal behaviour.
Object:
The aim of this study was to explore
the psychosocial burden experienced by parents of a son or a daughter who had attempted
suicide and to examine the experience of the parents receiving postvention.
Method:
Two focus
groups with a total of 14 parents whose sons or daughters had attempted suicide and who sub-
sequently received postvention. The transcribed data were subjected to qualitative analyses.
Results:
The parents were stigmatised, and their management of this stigma was a source of
conflict among them. The postvention helped them develop new strategies for managing stigma
and cooperating as parental teams.
Conclusion:
The postvention provided by NEFOS was experi-
enced as both relevant and effective.
Keywords:
family relations, focus groups, suicide, support, psychosocial, qualitative studies.
Niels Buus, Jimmy Caspersen, Lene Nygaard, Elsebeth Stenager
og Elene Fleischer
Peer reviewed artikel
Introduktion
Et selvmordsforsøg er en begivenhed med
alvorlige konsekvenser for den person, der
forsøger selvmord, men også for personens
pårørende. Shneidman opfandt i 1969 termen
“postvention” for at tematisere en målrettet
omsorg for pårørende efter et selvmord eller et
selvmordsforsøg. Formålet med postvention
er at gøre selvmordsramte bedre i stand til at
mestre deres sorg og livssituation (1,2). Post-
vention anses i dag som selvmordsforebyg-
gende, da der er en forhøjet selvmordsrisiko
blandt selvmordsramte pårørende, og da en
indsats overfor pårørende til en selvmords-
truet, er en indirekte støtte af den selvmord-
struede (3,4). I denne artikel fokuserer vi på
postvention til forældre til sønner eller døtre,
der har forsøgt selvmord.
Baggrund
I Danmark er der ikke et nationalt register over
selvmordsforsøg, men siden 1990 har Center
for Selvmordsforskning indsamlet data om
selvmordsforsøg i det daværende Fyns Amt.
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