Improving mental health support for young people who’ve suffered bereavement is the focus for Griffith University Masters of Suicidology graduate Karl Andriessen.
Named this week, as the winner of the Health Group Outstanding International Alumni Award, Mr Andriessen, a graduate of Griffith’s Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention (AISRAP), said he is ‘delighted’ with the recognition of his 30 year career in suicide prevention.
His current research with UNSW School of Psychiatry has revealed that when adolescents aged 12-18 experience the death of someone close to them, there can often be greater feelings of anger and injustice when compared to the same experience in an adult.
“We have found that young people in this age group have significantly different needs to an older population,” says Mr Andriessen. “They may often feel that it is very unjust that someone close to them has died and really struggle with these feelings.
“They may also be
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