A recent review by researchers from NIHMANS, Bengaluru, has underlined the profound and long-lasting impact of suicides among children and adolescents on both bereaved parents and mental health professionals, and has called for stronger, structured support systems.
The paper, titled “The impact of suicidal deaths of children and adolescents among parents and mental health professionals: A systematic review and meta-synthesis”, has been published in the British Psychological Society journal - Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice. It draws on an analysis of 25 studies to examine shared and distinct experiences of grief.
Gone too soon — the subject of youth suicide in India
What the review found
Bino Thomas, additional professor of psychiatric social work at NIMHANS, who is one of the authors, told The Hindu that the loss of a child to suicide leaves both families and clinicians grappling with unanswered questions.
