Exploring Parent Support Needs During and After Adolescent Suicide Crisis Emergency Department Visits: A Qualitative Investigation
Demee Rheinberger, Katherine Boydell, Susanne Oliver Armstrong, Sally Ann Pollard, Julia Lessing, Lauren McGillivray, Fiona Shand · 2026
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Rheinberger and colleagues ask parents who sit beside a suicidal teenager in the emergency department what support they need during and after the visit. Parents leave as the front line of safety at home, yet many feel sent out unprepared. Their 2026 Australian study interviews twenty parents of adolescents aged twelve to eighteen who attended emergency care in suicide crisis. Parents who had lived the same night served as peer researchers, helping design and run the interviews.
Three needs came through. Parents wanted information about the hospital care and a real role in it, rather than waiting room exile. They wanted guidance on keeping their child safe and aiding recovery. And they wanted tools for their own wellbeing, since fear and exhaustion erode their care. The authors say these supports should be built into emergency procedures, because a steadier parent is part of the treatment, and may cut repeat crises.
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| CREATOR | Demee Rheinberger, Katherine Boydell, Susanne Oliver Armstrong, Sally Ann Pollard, Julia Lessing, Lauren McGillivray, Fiona Shand |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 41 KB |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |