By Lt. Cmdr. Angelica M. Pucha, Naval Medical Center Portsmouth suicide prevention coordinator

The suicide of a family member, friend or coworker often has a powerful and sometimes devastating impact on the people who are left behind. Grief is a complex, but normal and natural human response to the death of a person with whom you are close. When the death is sudden, unexpected, and potentially traumatic, as in a death by suicide, the grief process can become complicated