Bereavement following a fatal overdose: The experiences of adults in England and Scotland

References

• Adfam (2012). Challenging stigma. Tackling the prejudice experienced by the families of drug and alcohol users. London: Adfam
   Google Scholar
• Arcidiacono, C., Velleman, R., Procentese, F., Berti, P., Albanesi, C., Sommantico, M., & Copello, A. (2010). Italian families living with relatives with alcohol or drugs problems. Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, 17, 659–680
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Barnard, M. (2007). Drug addiction and families. London: Jessica Kingsley
   Google Scholar
• Beccaria, F., Rolando, S., Hellman, M., Bujalski, M., & Lemmens, P. (2015). From criminals to celebrities: Perceptions of “the Addict” in the print press from four European countries from nineties to today. Substance Use & Misuse, 50, 439–453
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bennett, T., & Holloway, K. (2012). The impact of take-home naloxone distribution and training on opiate overdose knowledge and response: An evaluation of the THN Project in Wales. Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, 19, 320–328
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Best, D., Man, L., Gossop, M., Noble, A., & Strang, J. (2000). Drug users’ experiences of witnessing overdoses: What do they know and what do they need to know? Drug and Alcohol Review, 19, 407–412
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bird, S., Hutchinson, S., Hay, G., & King, R. (2010). Missing targets on drugs-related deaths, and a Scottish paradox. International Journal of Drug Policy, 21, 155–159
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bird, S., Parmar, M., & Strang, J. (2015). Take-home naloxone to prevent fatalities from opiate-overdose: Protocol for Scotland’s public health policy evaluation, and a new measure to assess impact. Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, 22, 66–76
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Cartwright, P. (2015). Bereaved through substance use: Guidelines for those whose work brings them into contact with adults bereaved after a drug or alcohol-related death. Bath: University of Bath. Retrieved from www.bath.ac.uk/cdas
   Google Scholar
• Chapple, A., Ziebland, S., & Hawton, K. (2015). Taboo and the different death? Perceptions of those bereaved by suicide or other traumatic death. Sociology of Health & Illness, 37, 610–625
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Cornish, R., Macleod, J., Strang, J., Vickerman, P., & Hickman, M. (1996). Risk of death during and after opiate substitution treatment in primary care: Prospective observational study in UK General Practice Research Database. BMJ, 341, 5475
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Corrigan, P., Watson, A., & Miller, F. (2006). Blame, shame, and contamination: The impact of mental illness and drug dependence stigma on family members. Journal of Family Psychology, 20, 239–246
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Da Silva, E., Noto, A., & Formigoni, M. (2007). Death by drug overdose: Impact on families. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 39, 301–306
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Degenhardt, L., Larney, S., Randall, D., Burns, L., & Hall, W. (2013). Causes of death in a cohort treated for opioid dependence between 1985 and 2005. Addiction, 109, 90–99
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction. (2015). Preventing fatal overdoses: A systematic review of the effectiveness of take-home naloxone. EMCDDA Papers, Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union
   Google Scholar
• Farrell, M., & Marsden, J. (2007). Acute risk of drug-related death among newly released prisoners in England and Wales. Addiction, 103, 251–255
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Fiegelman, W., Jordan, J., & Gorman, B. (2011). Parental grief after a child’s drug death compared to other death causes: Investigating a greatly neglected bereavement population. Omega, 63, 291–316
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Fiegelman, W., Gorman, B., & Jordan., J. (2009). Stigmatization and suicide bereavement. Death Studies, 33, 591–608
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Gall, T., Henneberry, J., & Eyre, M. (2014). Two perspectives on the needs of individuals bereaved by suicide. Death Studies, 38, 430–437
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Guy, P. (2004). Bereavement through drug use: Messages from research. Practice, 16, 43–54
   Google Scholar
• Guy, P., & Holloway, M. (2007). Drug-related deaths and the ‘Special Deaths’ of late modernity. Sociology, 41, 83–96
   Google Scholar
• Hecht, G., Barnsdale, L., & McAuley, A. (2014). The national drug-related deaths database (Scotland) report: Analysis of deaths occurring in 2012 . Information Service Division
   Google Scholar
• Kristensen, P., Weisaeth, L., & Heir, T. (2012). Bereavement and mental health after sudden and violent losses: A review. Psychiatry, 75, 76–97
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Lloyd, C. (2010). Sinning and sinned against: The stigmatisation of problem drug users. London: UK Drugs Policy Commission
   Google Scholar
• McAuley, A., Best, D., Taylor, A., Hunter, C., & Robertson, R. (2012). From evidence to policy: The Scottish national naloxone programme. Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, 19, 309–319
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Merrall, E., Kariminia, A., Binswanger, I., Hobbs, M., Farrell, M., Marsden, J., … Bird, S. (2010). Meta-analysis of drug-related deaths soon after release from prison. Addiction, 105, 1545–1554
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Nambiar, D., Weir, A., Aspinall, E., Stoove, M., Hutchinson, S., Dietze, P., … Goldberg, D. (2015). Mortality and cause of death in a cohort of people who had ever injected drugs in Glasgow: 1982–2012. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 147, 215–221
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Natera, G., Mora, J., Tiburcio, M. & Medina, P. (2010). An international perspective: Constructing intervention strategies for families in Mexico. Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, 17, 193–202
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse (2011). The NTA overdose and naloxone training programme for families and carers. London: NTA
   Google Scholar
• Office for National Statistics (2014). Deaths related to drug poisoning in England and Wales, 2013. London: ONS
   Google Scholar
• Oreo, A., & Ozgul, S. (2007). Grief experiences of parents coping with an adult child with problem substance use. Addiction Research & Theory, 15, 71–83
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Orford, J., Natera, G., Copello, A., Atkinson, C., Tiburcio, M., Velleman, R., … Walley, G. (2005). Coping with alcohol and drug problems: The experiences of family members in three contrasting cultures. London: Taylor and Francis
   Google Scholar
• Orford, J., Velleman, R., Natera, G., Templeton, L., & Copello, A. (2013). Addiction in the family is a major but neglected contributor to the global burden of adult ill-health. Social Science & Medicine, 78, 70–77
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Public Health England (2015). Take-home naloxone for opioid overdose in people who use drugs. London: PHE
   Google Scholar
• Riches, G., & Dawson, P. (1998). Spoiled memories: Problems of grief resolution in families bereaved through murder. Mortality, 3, 143–159
   Google Scholar
• Song, H., Shin, H., & Kim, Y. (2015). Perceived stigma of alcohol dependency: Comparative influence on patients and family members. Journal of Substance Use, 20, doi:10.3109/14659891.2013.878761
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Strang, J., Bird, S., Dietze, P., & Gerra, G. (2014). Take-home emergency naloxone to prevent deaths from heroin overdose. BMJ, 349, 6580
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Strang, J., Bird, S., & Parmar, M. (2013). Take-home emergency naloxone to prevent heroin overdose deaths after prison release: Rationale and practicalities for the N-ALIVE randomized trial. Journal of Urban Health, 90, 983–996
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Strang, J., Manning, V., Mayet, S., Best, D., Titherington, E., Santana, L., … Semmler, C. (2008a). Overdose training and take-home naloxone for opiate users: Prospective cohort study of impact on knowledge and attitudes and subsequent management of overdoses. Addiction, 103, 1648–1657
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Strang, J., Manning, V., Mayet, S., Titherington, E., Offor, L., Semmler, C., & Williams, A. (2008b). Family carers and the prevention of heroin overdose deaths: Unmet training need and overlooked intervention opportunity of resuscitation training and supply of naloxone. Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, 15, 211–218
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Strang, J., Powis, B., Best, D., Vingoe, L., Griffiths, P., Taylor, C., … Gossop, M. (1999). Preventing opiate overdose fatalities with take-home naloxone: Pre-launch study of possible impact and acceptability. Addiction, 94, 199–204
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Templeton, L., Ford, A., McKell, J., Valentine, C., Walter, T., Velleman, R., … Hollywood., J. (submitted for publication). Bereavement through substance use: Findings from an interview study with adults in England and Scotland
   Google Scholar
• Velleman, R., Orford, J., Templeton, L., Copello, A., Patel, A., Moore, L., … Godfrey, C. (2011). 12-month follow-up after brief interventions in primary care for family members affected by the substance misuse problem of a close relative. Addiction Research and Theory, 19, 362–374
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Velleman, R., Arcidiacono, C., Procentese, F., Copello, A., & Sarnacchiaro, P. (2006). A 5-step intervention to help family members in Italy who live with substance misusers. Journal of Mental Health, 17, 643–655
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Walter, T., Ford, A., Templeton, L., & Valentine, C. (2015). Compassion or stigma? How adults bereaved by alcohol or drugs experience services. Health and Social Care in the Community. doi:10.1111/hsc.12273
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Wertheimer, A. (2001). A special scare. The experiences of people bereaved by suicide (2nd ed.). London: Routledge
   Google Scholar
• Williams, A., Marsden, J., & Strang, J. (2013). Training family members to manage heroin overdose and administer naloxone: Randomized trial of effects on knowledge and attitudes. Addiction, 109, 250–259
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar