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ArticleSchool social work journal2022

Suicide Postvention in Schools: What Evidence Supports Our Current National Recommendations?

Denise Yookong Williams, Lisa Wexler, Anna S Mueller

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Article in School social work journal, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Denise Yookong WilliamsUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Social Work.
Lisa WexlerRecenter for Group Dynamics, Institute for Social Research, at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
Anna S MuellerIndiana University, Bloomington.
Indiana University Bloomington · USUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · US

Funding

Promoting Community Conversations about Research to end Native Youth Suicide in Rural Alaska - Diversity SupplementR01MH112458 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI WEXLER, LISA M. · 2018 to 2022
$3.4M
Suicide Clusters in Schools and CommunitiesR01MH127170 · NIMH · TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY · PI MUELLER, ANNA STRASSMANN · 2021 to 2023
$1.9M
NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH112458NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH127170
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Suicide is a leading cause of death for school-aged preteens and adolescents and a growing risk for younger children. Schools are the ubiquitous institutional context serving this age group. These trends suggest a need for knowledge and guidance related to school postvention efforts, yet the available research is limited. Focusing on postvention, or the period after a peer suicide occurs, is critical to youth suicide prevention because this is a time of elevated suicide risk for youth. Targeted postvention interventions in schools can mitigate youth suicide risk and limit contagion within a school's student body. This article explores the scientific literature related to school-based suicide postvention, describing the strength and limits of research supporting common recommendations for suicide postvention in schools. It identifies widespread recommendations for school postvention that have only preliminary supportive evidence and notes several areas in need of additional research. With clearer postvention best practices to guide their suicide crisis preparedness plans and postvention procedures, schools can better support students, families, and the community as a whole in order to prevent further tragedies.

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PMID38362045
PMCPMC10869049
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