What and why is grief-crisis intervention after a sudden death on the survivors important?
Research suggests that coping after this type of loss is difficult for the entire family, including children, adolescents and adults. The survivor’s grief response is intense with a prolonged trauma. Grief-crisis intervention helps the survivors want to go on living in the face of sudden death and positively impacts on their ability to cope. When a person is killed suddenly and violently, in the absence of support, survivors will not effectively deal with their grief. The problem stems from the violent and sudden nature of the death which has caused many questions to unfold. What the bereaved need is someone to listen to their story and help them understand their unique responses to grief. These needs are met when grief crisis intervention is effectively in place. This is especially true for parents whose child has suddenly died. In accidental death, parents believe they should have been better able to protect their children. In suicidal death, parents feel their child rejected and aba
