- funeral professionals,
- clergy,
- law enforcement personnel,
- emergency medical services workers,
- crisis workers,
- mental health practitioners,
- grief counselors,
- support group facilitators,
- educators,
- researchers,
- physicians, and
- military personnel.
- Suicide bereavement "programs, policies, and services" must be included in "a comprehensive national response to suicide."
- Communities' postvention efforts must be strengthened through "collaboration among everyone with a stake in suicide bereavement services."
- Community-based suicide grief support that is "accessible, proactive, age-appropriate, culturally sensitive, effective, and sustainable" must be implemented nationally.
- Research must be pursued to develop "an evidence base for effective grief interventions and other tools" to help survivors of suicide loss.
- The public must be educated through information that accurately depicts the causes of suicide and its impact on individuals, communities, and society.
Develop consensus guidelines for the creation and implementation of effective, comprehensive support programs for survivors of suicide loss. The Guidelines will serve as a crystallizing benchmark for organizations, communities, states, and the nation for the development of a support infrastructure for survivors of suicide loss.