I think it's extremely important. It encourages that person who's in this terrible frame of mind to speak about it, and when they start to speak about it, that's likely when help will occur.
As well, I know from different support groups I've been involved in since Dave passed away that it's also very important to be open about the fact that a death is by suicide.
I mean, everyone handles things differently. I've had support group members tell me, “You know, my loved one died a few months before Dave and we lied about it. We said it was a stroke. We said it was a heart attack—something like that. We didn't feel we could properly grieve until we started telling the truth about how that person died.”
I think openness is very important.