The ‘Exploring suicidality risk in veteran’s resident in Northern Ireland’ is currently seeking Northern Ireland veteran family participants with lived experience of losing a veteran loved one to suicide.
The purpose of the project is to understand how common suicidality is among the Northern Ireland veteran population, and to explore what factors play an integral role in increasing the risk of suicidality, in order to improve understanding and inform the development of preventative strategies and psychoeducation programmes.
The study also aims to explore whether bereaved by suicide families have unique support needs associated their military context, if in their lived experiences these needs were/are being met, and what type of support, if any, was/is preferential.
The results will help to shape existing services locally in NI and inform the development of new ones where required.
