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• Dying & bereavement >> Bereavement due to suicide >> Lost a child >> Alex - Interview 3 >> A year after Alice died Alex and Felicity asked a sculptor to carve a headstone. One of their sons helped with design. A few of the family gathered wh

Felicity and Alex had a daughter, Alice, who diagnosed with depression and then bipolar disorder. In 2004, aged 22, she killed herself. Alex felt that the role he took supporting others helped him to cope with the “fearful shock” of her suicide.

• Dying & bereavement >> Bereavement due to suicide >> Lost a child >> Bob - Interview 17 >> Bob and Lynda put up a headstone which ‘summed up Darren’s life’. They visit their son’s grave about once a week and look after the plot because it’s

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 partner, husband or wife >> Dolores - Interview 29 >> Dolores’ two-year-old son has some understanding of death. She will tell him more about the way her husband died when she feels that the time is right

Dolores’ husband, Steve, developed mental health problems soon after their baby was born. He fell from a bridge in 2005 and died soon afterwards. Dolores felt distraught and very sad. She has found help though a psychologist, and SOBS, and web sites.

• Dying & bereavement >> Bereavement due to suicide >> Lost a child >> Amanda - Interview 5 >> Amanda didn’t like the headstones suggested by the funeral director. She found a letter cutter who made a special one for Lori, made of riven slate, w

In 2005 Amanda’s son, Lori, took his own life. He was 21. Amanda thinks that sexual abuse may have been a reason for his suicide. She has found support via family, friends, church, internet [POS], Compassionate Friends, Papyrus, and psychotherapy.

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The headstone or other memorial