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Table 2 The online group intervention: content and structure of each session

From: Online-group intervention after suicide bereavement through the use of webinars: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Number

Content

Structure

1

Introduction

▪ Group discussion: participants introduce themselves and the deceased

▪ Group guides introduce the program

▪ Individual writing assignment: set grief-related therapy goals

2

The suicide mode

▪ Video: a psychiatrist explains physical and psychological aspects of a suicide

▪ Group discussion on the suicide

▪ Individual writing assignment: circumstances of the suicide

3

My grief

▪ Psychoeducation: grief tasks [36]

▪ Group discussion on grief

▪ Individual writing assignment: relationship with the deceased person

4

Suicide as traumatic event

▪ Psychoeducation: symptoms of post-traumatic stress reactions

▪ Group discussion on symptoms

▪ Individual writing assignment: last hours of the deceased person

5

Meaning and the why-question

▪ Video: a wife talks about meaning-making after the suicide

▪ Group discussion on rumination

▪ Individual writing assignment: positive behavioral activation

6

Guilt

▪ Video: a mother talks about coping with guilt

▪ Group discussion on the functionality of guilt

▪ Individual writing assignment: letter to a friend

7

Own suicidality

▪ Video: a mother talks about coping with her own suicidality

▪ Psychoeducation: warning signs, coping strategies

▪ Group discussion on suicidality

▪ Individual writing assignment: crisis plan

8

Shame and stigmatization

▪ Video: a father talks about coping with stigmatization

▪ Group discussion on stigmatization

▪ Individual writing assignment: coping with stigmatizing reactions

9

To communicate the suicide

▪ Video: a brother talks about his way to communicate with others about the suicide of his sibling

▪ Psychoeducation: gender differences, communication styles

▪ Group discussion on communication

▪ Individual writing assignment: letter to a friend

10

Grief rituals

▪ Psychoeducation: grief rituals

▪ Group discussion on rituals

▪ Individual writing assignment: letter to the deceased person

11

Finding a new role in the future

▪ Video: a daughter talks about how she regained her life after the loss of her father

▪ Group discussion on coping with grief in the future and plans for the future

▪ Individual writing assignment: letter from the deceased person

12

Goodbye

▪ Group discussion about the intervention, changes and the group experience

▪ Individual writing assignment: goal attainment