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• Dying & bereavement >> Bereavement due to suicide >> Lost a partner, husband or wife >> Patricia - Interview 4 >> Patricia decided to have Andrew buried because she wanted to have a place where she and her children could go to be close to him.

Patricia’s husband, Andrew, had had depression for years. A number of times he had taken an overdose or tried to gas himself and then sought help. In 1994 he died in a car, due to carbon monoxide poisoning. Patricia found support via Cruse & SOBS.

• Dying & bereavement >> Bereavement due to suicide >> Lost a child >> Felicity - Interview 2 >> Alice was buried in the West Indian manner, where everybody stands around the grave and sings. Felicity, her mother, found it very moving.

Felicity and Alex had a daughter, Alice. She had depression as a teenager, and was eventually diagnosed with bipolar disorder. In 2004, at the age of 22, she took her own life. Felicity has found support from family, friends, her GP and Cruse.

• Dying & bereavement >> Bereavement due to suicide >> Lost a child >> Bob - Interview 17 >> On the anniversary of Darren’s death Bob and Lynda sometimes release balloons with a message attached. They also buy Darren’s favourite food and eat a

In 1998 Bob’s son, Darren, died while on holiday in France. He died by hanging and the French police were sure it was suicide. Bob and his wife were shocked. They have found support via Compassionate Friends, SOBS and the internet group Parents of Suicide.

• Dying & bereavement >> Bereavement due to suicide >> Lost a child >> Jane - Interview 13 >> Jane and Maurice marked Tom’s grave with a small stone. Jane wishes the stone were bigger to allow a longer inscription. They also put a seat in the c

In 1984 Jane and Maurice’s son Tom took his own life by hanging. Jane and Maurice were shocked and devastated. Jane found support from friends. Counselling and a support group were also helpful.

• Dying & bereavement >> Bereavement due to suicide >> Lost a child >> Linda - Interview 35 >> The funeral director helped Linda and her family to find a stonemason, who showed them a booklet showing different gravestones. When the stone arrived

In 2005 Linda’s 13 year old daughter took her own life. Linda and her family were shocked. Linda still feels devastated, but more in control, and is back at work. She has found help thought a psychologist and has attended a SOBS conference.

• Dying & bereavement >> Bereavement due to suicide >> Lost a parent >> Rachel - Interview 15 >> Rachel wants to change her mother’s headstone so that her mother is remembered in a positive light. She does not like visiting the grave because the i

In 1981 Rachel’s mother took her own life. She was probably ill with depression when she used a gun to kill herself. Rachel was 15 at the time and was not offered any professional support. Since then she has had some counselling, which has been helpful.

• Dying & bereavement >> Bereavement due to suicide >> Lost a child >> Susan - Interview 20 >> When Rose died, Susan donated money to help build a school in Africa in memory of her daughter. Susan also plans to commission a headstone for the chu

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.