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‘It’s like getting a group hug and you can cry there and be yourself and they understand’. Family members’ experiences of using a suicide bereavement peer support group

Dr Farzana Alia University of Huddersfield, Centre for Applied Research in Health, University of [email protected]View further author information
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Mike Lucockb Professor of Clinical Psychology, University of Huddersfield and Associate Director of Research, South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. [email protected]ORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0968-5475View further author information
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Pages 51-58 | Published online: 16 Jul 2020

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