The TAPS Suicide Prevention and Postvention Team.
Here, prevention- or, as it's sometimes called,“Postvention strategies”- becomes crucial.
For more information on addressing Postvention issues in your organization, you
could contact your Employee Assistance Programme(EAP) provider.
During this period, the Postvention team can follow-up with employees to check
if they need additional support to cope with the loss.
With these goals, Postvention can become an important part of the organization's
suicide prevention program as it prevents further suicides from occurring.
It's a question I am asked frequently in my
work as Senior Director of Suicide Prevention and Postvention Initiatives at the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors.
Within the Tragedy Assistance Program for survivors,
the TAPS Suicide Prevention and Postvention Team works with groups of veterans who have
been impacted by the loss of their military brothers and sisters to suicide.