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• Dying & bereavement >> Bereavement due to suicide >> Lost a child >> Arthur - Interview 27 >> Arthur followed the ambulance to the hospital, where a doctor told him that his son had died. Arthur saw Leon and was grateful when one of the nurses

Arthur’s son, Leon, had mental health problems. In 1991, Leon took his own life, in a fume filled car. This was a devastating shock to Arthur. Arthur helped to start the organisation, Papyrus, to try to prevent other young suicides.

• Dying & bereavement >> Bereavement due to suicide >> Lost a child >> Susan - Interview 20 >> Susan urges professionals to listen to patients with mental illness and their relatives. When patients are desperate for help they must be seen quickl

In 2005, Susan’s daughter, Rose, took her own life. She shot herself. Rose had had anorexia and then depression, and was later thought to have bipolar disorder. Susan feels angry because she believes that NHS psychiatric services were inadequate.

• Dying & bereavement >> Bereavement due to suicide >> Lost a brother or sister >> Nina - Interview 11 >> When Nina’s brother died in hospital the family was not offered support. Nina thinks survivors should be offered help automatically and given the numb

In 1999, Nina was shocked to hear that her brother, Joe, was in intensive care. He was aged 16. He had been found unconscious, hanging from a tree. He died three days later. Nina has found most support from friends, family, counsellors and SOBS.

• Dying & bereavement >> Bereavement due to suicide >> Lost a child >> Barbara - Interview 23 >> After her son left his hospital job none of his colleagues phoned to find out how he was feeling. Barbara wishes that someone from the hospital had ma

Barbara & Colin’s son, Matt, found his first job as a junior doctor very stressful. In 1992 Matt was found dead in a crashed car; probably due to suicide. He was aged 24. Colin & Barbara were devastated.