Following 18 months work of preparation, planning, interviews and the gathering of information, the research is now complete for the first ever ‘cross-cultural’ study, in Ireland and Europe, on the effectiveness and role of Postvention ‘Peer-led’ support groups in the recovery process of the suicide bereaved.
The study was conducted by researchers from Trinity College Dublin and around the world with the results due for publication shortly.
The research is on-going within Europe, with this the first study now having been completed in Denmark and Ireland.
A big thank you to all who have participated and contributed, FOSL Friends and the following researchers: Dr. Annette Erlangsen of DRISP (Danish Research Institute for Suicide Prevention), Professor Agnes Higgins and Dr. Jean Morrissey from Trinity College Dublin, Dr. Lene Bering from Aarhus University and University of Southern Denmark, Professor Neils Buus from The University of Sydney and principal researcher Dr. Lisbeth Hybolt from the Center for Relationships and De-escalation, Psychiatry, Region Zealand, Denmark