Background and aims: Individuals bereaved after sudden and unexpected deaths can benefit from professional help to cope after the loss, and the bereaved call for proactive, early and flexible help from professional services. Most drug-related deaths (DRDs) happen suddenly and unexpectedly. DRDs are a significant public health issue, yet few studies have examined DRD-bereaved people's needs and experiences with professional help. This article investigates the needs for help and received help reported by DRD-bereaved family members and friends, and suggests improvements in services based on the findings. Data and method: A heterogeneous convenience sample of DRD-bereaved family members and close friends (n = 255) were recruited for a survey from February to December 2018. Descriptive analyses were conducted for experiences with professional help, chi-square analyses to find predictors for help needs and received help, and logistic regression analysis to find predictors for satisfaction with the help provided. Results: Most DRD-bereaved individuals reported a need for professional help after the death regardless of family relation to the deceased, and about half of the participants received help. Nearly half of them were satisfied with the help. Our results indicated higher satisfaction with help among older bereaved, and the participants who received help from a crisis team or psychotherapist. The latter was particularly stated for younger participants. Few participants with children in the family reported that the children had received help, and less than one-third were satisfied with this help. Conclusion: The study shows that younger age groups and children need particular recognition, and a family perspective from services is essential. When assessing the help needs of the DRD-bereaved, relations of both psychological and biological closeness should be recognised. Help efforts should be tailored according to established knowledge of the provided help that bereaved populations deem effective.

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因毒品相关死亡而失去亲人的人需要帮助并获得帮助：一项横断面研究。

背景和目标：突然和意外死亡后失去亲人的人可以从专业帮助中受益，以应对失去亲人后的痛苦，而失去亲人的人则需要专业服务提供主动、早期和灵活的帮助。大多数药物相关死亡 (DRD) 都是突然且出乎意料地发生的。DRD 是一个重要的公共卫生问题，但很少有研究调查 DRD 家属在专业帮助下的需求和经历。本文调查了 DRD 家属和朋友报告的帮助需求和接受帮助的情况，并根据调查结果提出了改进服务的建议。数据和方法：2018 年 2 月至 12 月期间，招募了 DRD 失去亲人的家庭成员和亲密朋友的异质便利样本 (n = 255) 进行调查。对获得专业帮助的经历进行描述性分析，并通过卡方分析来寻找预测因素帮助需求和获得的帮助，并进行逻辑回归分析，以找到对所提供的帮助满意度的预测因素。结果：大多数 DRD 家属表示在死后需要专业帮助，无论与死者的家庭关系如何，大约一半的参与者得到了帮助。近一半的人对帮助感到满意。我们的结果表明，年长的丧亲者以及接受危机小组或心理治疗师帮助的参与者对帮助的满意度更高。后者是特别针对年轻参与者的。很少有家里有孩子的参与者报告孩子们得到了帮助，只有不到三分之一的人对这种帮助感到满意。结论：研究表明，年轻群体和儿童需要特别的认可，从家庭角度提供服务至关重要。在评估 DRD 家属的帮助需求时，应认识到心理和生理上的密切关系。应根据对死者家属认为有效的所提供帮助的既定了解来调整帮助工作。