❌ MYTH: Only close friends and family are affected by a suicide.
✔️ FACT: One single suicide touches on average 135 people - from friends to colleagues to strangers who saw themselves in the story.
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicideLoss #SuicideAwareness #Postvention #GriefHasNoRules
✔️ FACT: One single suicide touches on average 135 people - from friends to colleagues to strangers who saw themselves in the story.
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicideLoss #SuicideAwareness #Postvention #GriefHasNoRules
July 19, 2025 at 7:45 AM
❌ MYTH: Only close friends and family are affected by a suicide.
✔️ FACT: One single suicide touches on average 135 people - from friends to colleagues to strangers who saw themselves in the story.
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicideLoss #SuicideAwareness #Postvention #GriefHasNoRules
✔️ FACT: One single suicide touches on average 135 people - from friends to colleagues to strangers who saw themselves in the story.
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicideLoss #SuicideAwareness #Postvention #GriefHasNoRules
Came across the word "postvention" and I want to stab something.
June 12, 2024 at 2:29 PM
Came across the word "postvention" and I want to stab something.
One of the pieces of my work that humbles me the most is alongside our local suicide pre- and postvention coordinators, where we have really frank conversations about the risk our communities face. There are so many people who care a lot and are working really hard to make things better
May 21, 2026 at 4:50 AM
One of the pieces of my work that humbles me the most is alongside our local suicide pre- and postvention coordinators, where we have really frank conversations about the risk our communities face. There are so many people who care a lot and are working really hard to make things better
❌ MYTH: People bereaved by suicide don’t want to talk about the loved one they have lost.
✔️ FACT: Many do, but only when it feels safe. Saying their name helps us carry the love, not just the loss.
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicideBereavement #Postvention #Grief #Hope
✔️ FACT: Many do, but only when it feels safe. Saying their name helps us carry the love, not just the loss.
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicideBereavement #Postvention #Grief #Hope
July 28, 2025 at 1:53 PM
❌ MYTH: People bereaved by suicide don’t want to talk about the loved one they have lost.
✔️ FACT: Many do, but only when it feels safe. Saying their name helps us carry the love, not just the loss.
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicideBereavement #Postvention #Grief #Hope
✔️ FACT: Many do, but only when it feels safe. Saying their name helps us carry the love, not just the loss.
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicideBereavement #Postvention #Grief #Hope
Supporting NHS colleagues following a coworker’s suicide: a postvention theory https://buff.ly/4dvoieY
Brittany Oldale & Sarah Watts summarise a postvention theory for how to support colleagues’ following a colleague’s suicide within the NHS.
#NHS #Suicide #Postvention
Brittany Oldale & Sarah Watts summarise a postvention theory for how to support colleagues’ following a colleague’s suicide within the NHS.
#NHS #Suicide #Postvention
August 26, 2024 at 7:24 AM
Supporting NHS colleagues following a coworker’s suicide: a postvention theory https://buff.ly/4dvoieY
Brittany Oldale & Sarah Watts summarise a postvention theory for how to support colleagues’ following a colleague’s suicide within the NHS.
#NHS #Suicide #Postvention
Brittany Oldale & Sarah Watts summarise a postvention theory for how to support colleagues’ following a colleague’s suicide within the NHS.
#NHS #Suicide #Postvention
Suicide Postvention IS Suicide Prevention.
Suicide Prevention is an umbrella term.
To prevent suicide you need awareness/education, intervention, and postvention.
Let's talk traumatic grief support.
💙 #suicide #postvention
988 suicide prevention hotline
Suicide Prevention is an umbrella term.
To prevent suicide you need awareness/education, intervention, and postvention.
Let's talk traumatic grief support.
💙 #suicide #postvention
988 suicide prevention hotline
November 17, 2024 at 4:30 AM
Suicide Postvention IS Suicide Prevention.
Suicide Prevention is an umbrella term.
To prevent suicide you need awareness/education, intervention, and postvention.
Let's talk traumatic grief support.
💙 #suicide #postvention
988 suicide prevention hotline
Suicide Prevention is an umbrella term.
To prevent suicide you need awareness/education, intervention, and postvention.
Let's talk traumatic grief support.
💙 #suicide #postvention
988 suicide prevention hotline
❌ MYTH: Only close friends and family are affected by a suicide.
✔️ FACT: One single suicide touches on average 135 people - from friends to colleagues to strangers who saw themselves in the story.
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicideLoss #SuicideAwareness #Postvention #GriefHasNoRules
✔️ FACT: One single suicide touches on average 135 people - from friends to colleagues to strangers who saw themselves in the story.
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicideLoss #SuicideAwareness #Postvention #GriefHasNoRules
February 23, 2026 at 7:32 AM
❌ MYTH: Only close friends and family are affected by a suicide.
✔️ FACT: One single suicide touches on average 135 people - from friends to colleagues to strangers who saw themselves in the story.
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicideLoss #SuicideAwareness #Postvention #GriefHasNoRules
✔️ FACT: One single suicide touches on average 135 people - from friends to colleagues to strangers who saw themselves in the story.
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicideLoss #SuicideAwareness #Postvention #GriefHasNoRules
Huge collective trauma in courts and especially the juvenile court system. We need to find a better way to intervene. Postvention and “rehabilitation” aren’t working.
January 4, 2024 at 1:28 AM
Huge collective trauma in courts and especially the juvenile court system. We need to find a better way to intervene. Postvention and “rehabilitation” aren’t working.
❌ MYTH: Only close friends and family are affected by a suicide.
✔️ FACT: One single suicide touches on average 135 people - from friends to colleagues to strangers who saw themselves in the story.
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicideLoss #SuicideAwareness #Postvention #GriefHasNoRules
✔️ FACT: One single suicide touches on average 135 people - from friends to colleagues to strangers who saw themselves in the story.
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicideLoss #SuicideAwareness #Postvention #GriefHasNoRules
November 15, 2025 at 9:41 AM
❌ MYTH: Only close friends and family are affected by a suicide.
✔️ FACT: One single suicide touches on average 135 people - from friends to colleagues to strangers who saw themselves in the story.
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicideLoss #SuicideAwareness #Postvention #GriefHasNoRules
✔️ FACT: One single suicide touches on average 135 people - from friends to colleagues to strangers who saw themselves in the story.
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicideLoss #SuicideAwareness #Postvention #GriefHasNoRules
❌ MYTH: Only close friends and family are affected by a suicide.
✔️ FACT: One single suicide touches on average 135 people - from friends to colleagues to strangers who saw themselves in the story.
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicideLoss #SuicideAwareness #Postvention #GriefHasNoRules
✔️ FACT: One single suicide touches on average 135 people - from friends to colleagues to strangers who saw themselves in the story.
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicideLoss #SuicideAwareness #Postvention #GriefHasNoRules
September 28, 2025 at 7:38 AM
❌ MYTH: Only close friends and family are affected by a suicide.
✔️ FACT: One single suicide touches on average 135 people - from friends to colleagues to strangers who saw themselves in the story.
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicideLoss #SuicideAwareness #Postvention #GriefHasNoRules
✔️ FACT: One single suicide touches on average 135 people - from friends to colleagues to strangers who saw themselves in the story.
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicideLoss #SuicideAwareness #Postvention #GriefHasNoRules
We talk lots about suicide prevention.
We talk far less about what happens after.
Grief, anger, confusion, love.
All existing at once.
Postvention matters, and so do the people living with the aftermath 💛🐦⬛
#DaddyBlackbird #Suicide #SuicideLoss #Grief #Bereavement #PTSD #Healing #Hope
We talk far less about what happens after.
Grief, anger, confusion, love.
All existing at once.
Postvention matters, and so do the people living with the aftermath 💛🐦⬛
#DaddyBlackbird #Suicide #SuicideLoss #Grief #Bereavement #PTSD #Healing #Hope
January 24, 2026 at 9:25 AM
We talk lots about suicide prevention.
We talk far less about what happens after.
Grief, anger, confusion, love.
All existing at once.
Postvention matters, and so do the people living with the aftermath 💛🐦⬛
#DaddyBlackbird #Suicide #SuicideLoss #Grief #Bereavement #PTSD #Healing #Hope
We talk far less about what happens after.
Grief, anger, confusion, love.
All existing at once.
Postvention matters, and so do the people living with the aftermath 💛🐦⬛
#DaddyBlackbird #Suicide #SuicideLoss #Grief #Bereavement #PTSD #Healing #Hope
Whether it’s a friend, family member, colleague or complete stranger, please check in on someone today.
It matters more than you know ❤️🩹🐦⬛
Take care of yourself and each other.
Caroline
💛💛💛
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicidePrevention #Postvention #Hope
It matters more than you know ❤️🩹🐦⬛
Take care of yourself and each other.
Caroline
💛💛💛
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicidePrevention #Postvention #Hope
November 12, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Whether it’s a friend, family member, colleague or complete stranger, please check in on someone today.
It matters more than you know ❤️🩹🐦⬛
Take care of yourself and each other.
Caroline
💛💛💛
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicidePrevention #Postvention #Hope
It matters more than you know ❤️🩹🐦⬛
Take care of yourself and each other.
Caroline
💛💛💛
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicidePrevention #Postvention #Hope
Two past presidents of the American Association of Suicidology hanging at @iaspinfo.bsky.social #IASPMinneapolis2024. Julie is doing amazing work in postvention.
November 22, 2024 at 9:29 PM
Two past presidents of the American Association of Suicidology hanging at @iaspinfo.bsky.social #IASPMinneapolis2024. Julie is doing amazing work in postvention.
In “What Happens after a Death on Campus,” journalists Jadine Ngan and Tahmeed Shafiq explore university postvention protocols. Find out what they discovered in our May issue:
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🔎 Inside the issue: thewalrus.ca/category/issues/...
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🔎 Inside the issue: thewalrus.ca/category/issues/...
March 26, 2025 at 10:01 PM
In “What Happens after a Death on Campus,” journalists Jadine Ngan and Tahmeed Shafiq explore university postvention protocols. Find out what they discovered in our May issue:
📬 Subscribe: secure.thewalrus.ca/W43CVRSW
🔎 Inside the issue: thewalrus.ca/category/issues/...
📬 Subscribe: secure.thewalrus.ca/W43CVRSW
🔎 Inside the issue: thewalrus.ca/category/issues/...
We’ve been writing up a storm for suicide prevention awareness month…
Our latest: on the challenging art of supporting students after suicide loss - aka suicide postvention
Check it out!
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-...
Our latest: on the challenging art of supporting students after suicide loss - aka suicide postvention
Check it out!
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-...
The Challenging Art of Supporting Students After Suicide Loss
Drawing on youth’s experiences with postvention, we offer four general principles to guide schools and communities towards effective and caring suicide postvention.
www.psychologytoday.com
September 18, 2024 at 12:01 AM
We’ve been writing up a storm for suicide prevention awareness month…
Our latest: on the challenging art of supporting students after suicide loss - aka suicide postvention
Check it out!
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-...
Our latest: on the challenging art of supporting students after suicide loss - aka suicide postvention
Check it out!
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-...
Psychological care offered after a death is known as “postvention.” It’s what the University of Toronto should have given its students after a string of suicides on campus. Instead, they were abandoned. Journalists Jadine Ngan and Tahmeed Shafiq explore: thewalrus.ca/death-on-campus/
March 4, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Psychological care offered after a death is known as “postvention.” It’s what the University of Toronto should have given its students after a string of suicides on campus. Instead, they were abandoned. Journalists Jadine Ngan and Tahmeed Shafiq explore: thewalrus.ca/death-on-campus/
Days like today remind me why I do this work 💛
People want to talk about suicide, they just need a safe space.
Curiosity, listening, and real stories open doors to empathy.
Postvention and prevention matter.
Every conversation helps switch the story, step by step.
#DaddyBlackbird #Hope 🐦⬛
People want to talk about suicide, they just need a safe space.
Curiosity, listening, and real stories open doors to empathy.
Postvention and prevention matter.
Every conversation helps switch the story, step by step.
#DaddyBlackbird #Hope 🐦⬛
October 22, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Days like today remind me why I do this work 💛
People want to talk about suicide, they just need a safe space.
Curiosity, listening, and real stories open doors to empathy.
Postvention and prevention matter.
Every conversation helps switch the story, step by step.
#DaddyBlackbird #Hope 🐦⬛
People want to talk about suicide, they just need a safe space.
Curiosity, listening, and real stories open doors to empathy.
Postvention and prevention matter.
Every conversation helps switch the story, step by step.
#DaddyBlackbird #Hope 🐦⬛
Free online training: Support young people with a diagnosis of #BorderlinePersonalityDisorder
Impacting Change: #Suicide prevention, early intervention & postvention in #youngpeople with a diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder
eventbrite.co.nz/e/support-yo...
#BPD #MentalHealth
Impacting Change: #Suicide prevention, early intervention & postvention in #youngpeople with a diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder
eventbrite.co.nz/e/support-yo...
#BPD #MentalHealth
Support young people with a diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder
Impacting Change: Suicide prevention, early intervention and postvention in young people with a diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder
eventbrite.co.nz
October 23, 2024 at 7:44 PM
Free online training: Support young people with a diagnosis of #BorderlinePersonalityDisorder
Impacting Change: #Suicide prevention, early intervention & postvention in #youngpeople with a diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder
eventbrite.co.nz/e/support-yo...
#BPD #MentalHealth
Impacting Change: #Suicide prevention, early intervention & postvention in #youngpeople with a diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder
eventbrite.co.nz/e/support-yo...
#BPD #MentalHealth
Some places are meant to be ordinary.
The school run should be one of them.
But after Steve’s suicide, it became a place of impossible questions, hidden grief, and invisible burdens.
Read about it in article #30 ❤️🩹
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicideLoss #Postvention #Care #Compassion #MentalHealth 🐦⬛
The school run should be one of them.
But after Steve’s suicide, it became a place of impossible questions, hidden grief, and invisible burdens.
Read about it in article #30 ❤️🩹
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicideLoss #Postvention #Care #Compassion #MentalHealth 🐦⬛
Suicide is not the subject for a school run
Daddy Blackbird #30
open.substack.com
November 15, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Some places are meant to be ordinary.
The school run should be one of them.
But after Steve’s suicide, it became a place of impossible questions, hidden grief, and invisible burdens.
Read about it in article #30 ❤️🩹
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicideLoss #Postvention #Care #Compassion #MentalHealth 🐦⬛
The school run should be one of them.
But after Steve’s suicide, it became a place of impossible questions, hidden grief, and invisible burdens.
Read about it in article #30 ❤️🩹
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicideLoss #Postvention #Care #Compassion #MentalHealth 🐦⬛
I think I’m doing this in two posts, because one may be less appropriate to put with the other. Biggest fantasy in life would be to actually be able to work in the suicide postvention world. To help those who lost loved ones, maybe motivational speaking, all while Mekong money somehow.
September 18, 2026 at 8:08 AM
I think I’m doing this in two posts, because one may be less appropriate to put with the other. Biggest fantasy in life would be to actually be able to work in the suicide postvention world. To help those who lost loved ones, maybe motivational speaking, all while Mekong money somehow.
We talk a lot about suicide prevention, far less about what happens after.
I joined Freddie Cocker on the #JustCheckingIn podcast to talk about life after losing my husband Steve to suicide, postvention, language, children, grief, and why healing is ongoing.
🎧 Listen here 💛
#DaddyBlackbird
I joined Freddie Cocker on the #JustCheckingIn podcast to talk about life after losing my husband Steve to suicide, postvention, language, children, grief, and why healing is ongoing.
🎧 Listen here 💛
#DaddyBlackbird
JCIP #319 - Caroline Roodhouse -
Listen to episode 319 of The Just Checking In Podcast with author and mental health advocate, Caroline Roodhouse.
vent.org.uk
January 8, 2026 at 7:17 AM
We talk a lot about suicide prevention, far less about what happens after.
I joined Freddie Cocker on the #JustCheckingIn podcast to talk about life after losing my husband Steve to suicide, postvention, language, children, grief, and why healing is ongoing.
🎧 Listen here 💛
#DaddyBlackbird
I joined Freddie Cocker on the #JustCheckingIn podcast to talk about life after losing my husband Steve to suicide, postvention, language, children, grief, and why healing is ongoing.
🎧 Listen here 💛
#DaddyBlackbird
The authors argue (very well IMHO) that a) Most suicide theories lack developmental focus; b) Adolescent suicide trends may align with developmental phenomena; c) Risk factor research needs insights from resilience models; d) Prevention/postvention require a developmental lens. 2/3
December 13, 2024 at 3:33 PM
The authors argue (very well IMHO) that a) Most suicide theories lack developmental focus; b) Adolescent suicide trends may align with developmental phenomena; c) Risk factor research needs insights from resilience models; d) Prevention/postvention require a developmental lens. 2/3
Follow up essay on the challenges in #postvention, or helping #youth after a #suicide. #Suicideprevention is everyone's job. #sociology #psychology #academicsky
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-...
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-...
The Challenging Art of Supporting Students After Suicide Loss
Drawing on youth’s experiences with postvention, we offer four general principles to guide schools and communities towards effective and caring suicide postvention.
www.psychologytoday.com
September 17, 2024 at 10:18 PM
Follow up essay on the challenges in #postvention, or helping #youth after a #suicide. #Suicideprevention is everyone's job. #sociology #psychology #academicsky
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-...
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-...
Was just thinking this. They made it so we only respond to crisis with minimal postvention support and never enough resources - never investing in an ounce of prevention - in EVERY FUCKING DOMAIN.
November 2, 2023 at 2:22 PM
Was just thinking this. They made it so we only respond to crisis with minimal postvention support and never enough resources - never investing in an ounce of prevention - in EVERY FUCKING DOMAIN.
📑Title: Enacts the student suicide prevention act; requires the governing board or body of every local educational agency serving students in grades seven to twelve, to adopt policies, procedures and guidelines on student suicide prevention, intervention and postvention for
November 14, 2024 at 8:56 PM
📑Title: Enacts the student suicide prevention act; requires the governing board or body of every local educational agency serving students in grades seven to twelve, to adopt policies, procedures and guidelines on student suicide prevention, intervention and postvention for