Bereaved siblings’ stories of drug-related death

Meen, Gunhild; Lindeman, Sari; Reime, Monika Alvestad; Selseng, Lillian Bruland

doi:10.1080/09687637.2024.2317150

Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy

2024

DOI: 10.1080/09687637.2024.2317150

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Bereaved siblings’ stories of drug-related death

Gunhild Meen,

Sari Lindeman,

Monika Alvestad Reime

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What do Professional Helpers Describe as Important Competence when Supporting Persons Bereaved by a Drug-Related Death

Totland,

Titlestad,

Lindeman

2024

Omega (Westport)

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Bereaved persons following a drug-related death (DRD) experience significant stress, an increased risk of health-related problems, complicated grief reactions and a risk of higher mortality. Despite the support received from professional helpers being important, research has yet to examine their perspectives to understand and meet the bereaved’s needs and increase the helpers’ competence. Hence, this qualitative study explored professional helpers’ perspectives on essential skills and competencies when supporting bereaved following DRD. We conducted focus group interviews with 29 professional helpers from diverse health and welfare services across six Norwegian municipalities. Reflexive thematic analysis generated three main themes: Diversity of competence, Basic human competence and Balancing act between different considerations. It is crucial that municipal services explicitly define the needs of bereaved persons following a DRD and determine the necessary professional competencies and appropriate intervention levels required.

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What do Professional Helpers Describe as Important Competence when Supporting Persons Bereaved by a Drug-Related Death

Totland,

Titlestad,

Lindeman

2024

Omega (Westport)

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The Internalization of Stigma and the Shaping of the Grief Experience for Peers Bereaved by a Drug-Related Death

O’Callaghan,

Lambert

2024

Omega (Westport)

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People who use drugs form a significant part of the community who are impacted by drug-related deaths, but their stigmatized positioning in society yields implications for their access to support and the social recognition of their grief. This project explores how the internalization of drug-related stigmas shapes the grief experience for peers bereaved by a DRD. Six individuals who experienced the drug death of a peer during their own time in active addiction participated in semi-structured interviews, analyzed by interpretative phenomenological analysis. Three superordinate themes are reported in this paper: (i) Forged Connections; (ii) The Condemnation Script; and (iii) Nowhere Left to Turn. Participants reported grief responses such as survivor’s guilt, shame, and increased drug use against the wider social invalidation of their close peer bonds. This paper appeals for a more health-based approach to supporting people in active addiction that recognizes and validates their grief experiences.

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Bereaved siblings’ stories of drug-related death

Cited by 2 publications

References 48 publications

What do Professional Helpers Describe as Important Competence when Supporting Persons Bereaved by a Drug-Related Death

What do Professional Helpers Describe as Important Competence when Supporting Persons Bereaved by a Drug-Related Death

The Internalization of Stigma and the Shaping of the Grief Experience for Peers Bereaved by a Drug-Related Death

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