02807cam a22004092u 4500001000800000005001700008007001400025008004100039035001200080037001900092040002700111091000800138100001700146245008600163260006800249300001000317500016700327520125300494530007901747533008101826650003201907650001801939650001801957650003501975650003002010650002002040650002802060650003302088650002002121650002002141653003002161655003602191655003302227710004902260710004602309984004202355537319320181019152251.0he u||024||||080220s1979 xxu ||| b ||| s eng d a5373193 aED177417bERIC aericdbengcericddMvI amfm1 aLea, Robert.10aGrief Counseling for Survivors of Sudden Death (SOSD)h[microform] /cRobert Lea. a[Washington, D.C.] :bDistributed by ERIC Clearinghouse,c1979. a23 p. aERIC Note: Best copy available; Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Suicidology (12th, Denver, Colorado, May 10-13, 1979).5ericd aThis paper describes a program of free, short-term, individual bereavement counseling for survivors of sudden death in Marin County, California. Co-sponsors are Marin Suicide Prevention Center and Marin County Coroner's Office. Most survivors are initially referred to the program by the coroner at the time of certifying cause of death, others are referred by third parties, and some are self-referred. Clients may not be in therapy, and the death may not have occurred more than a year prior to the referral. All known primary survivors are contacted through outreach calls during which the program is offerred. About one-third of those contacted accept. Of the 71 cases reported here, two-thirds involved violent deaths of which one-half were suicides. Counselors are volunteers working in pairs, who are trained and supervised by Marin Suicide Prevention Center. The program has been functioning for six years without funding, other than administrative support from sponsoring agencies. Observations indicate that the most willing to accept help are: (1) survivors of highly traumatic deaths; (2) unsuccessful suicide attempters; (3) female survivors grieving the loss of males; and (4) survivors who lose a spouse, lover or child. (Author/CKJ) aMay also be available online. Address as at 14/8/18:uhttps://eric.ed.gov/ aMicrofiche.b[Washington D.C.]:cERIC Clearinghouseemicrofiches : positive.07aCounseling Services.2ericd17aDeath.2ericd17aGrief.2ericd17aMental Health Programs.2ericd17aOutreach Programs.2ericd07aParents.2ericd17aPeer Counseling.2ericd07aProgram Descriptions.2ericd17aSuicide.2ericd07aWidowed.2ericd1 aCalifornia (Marin County) 7aSpeeches/Meeting Papers.2ericd 7aReports, Descriptive.2ericd2 aMarin County Suicide Prevention Center, Cal.2 aMarin County, Cal. Office of the Coroner. aANLcmc 2253 ED177417d77000000185442