TAPS Suicide Postvention ModelTM: A comprehensive framework of healing and growth

Death Stud. 2022;46(8):1897-1908. doi: 10.1080/07481187.2020.1866241. Epub 2021 Jan 6.

Abstract

The TAPS Suicide Postvention ModelTM is a three-phase approach to suicide grief that offers a framework for survivors and providers in the aftermath of a suicide. This framework proposes guidance on how to build a foundation for an adaptive grief journey and creates a research-informed, proactive, intentional pathway to posttraumatic growth. The Model follows the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors' peer-based model of care and has supported more than 16,000 military suicide loss survivors over the past decade. The Model is applicable to anyone grieving a suicide loss or coping with any associated trauma.

MeSH terms

  • Adaptation, Psychological
  • Grief*
  • Humans
  • Peer Group
  • Suicide*
  • Survivors