“…Death by suicide marked various initial reactions, emotions, and changes in the lives of the bereaved. Prominent grief emotions and reactions described included loneliness (Avrami, 2005;Barnes, 2006;Chapple et al, 2015;Demi & Howell, 1991;Gamondi et al, 2015;Schotanus-Dijkstra et al, 2014), shame (Adams et al, 2019;Avrami, 2005;Azorina et al, 2019;Barnes, 2006;Biddle, 2003;Chapple et al, 2015;Maple et al, 2010;McKinnon & Chonody, 2014;Nic an Fhailí et al, 2016;Peters et al, 2016;Wood et al, 2012) and internal and external blame (Chapple et al, 2012;Demi & Howell, 1991;Dransart, 2017;Dutra et al, 2018;Fielden, 2003;Hagström, 2019;Kasahara-Kiritani et al, 2017;Lubens & Silver, 2019;McKinnon & Chonody, 2014;Van Dongen, 1991;Wood et al, 2012). In this section, we discuss the various social interactions that participants had following the loss of their loved-one to suicide that contributed to these grief emotions and reactions.…”