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Centre for Suicide Research | Links | Support for people bereaved by suicide |

 

Support for people bereaved by suicide

 

United Kingdom

• Healthtalkonline - Bereavement due to suicide
  This website includes interviews with 40 people who have been bereaved by suicide. You can see, hear and read about their experiences. What they said is summarised into different sections, such as their feelings, their ideas about why the suicide took place, their experience of the inquest, the funeral, where they found help, others' reactions and how they have helped their children.
  

  The site can also be used for teaching health professionals, members of the police force, coroners' officers, counsellors and others, to help them understand the perspective of those bereaved by suicide.

 

• Help is at Hand: a resource for people bereaved by suicide and other sudden, traumatic death
  

  This Department of Health guide is aimed at the wide range of people who are affected by suicide or other sudden, traumatic death. It contains information about procedures which will be involved after the death, including the coroner's inquest, and about the feelings and emotions that bereaved people may experience. Suggestions for how to cope are given, including details about sources of support, with contact details of helping organisations and pointers to useful reading material.
  
  The booklet also provides information for healthcare and other professionals who come into contact with bereaved people, to assist them in providing help and to suggest how they themselves may find support if they need it.
  
  The guide can be downloaded as a pdf from the Department of Health website or below:
  
  Download Help is at Hand (PDF, 1233K)
  
  Hard copies can be ordered free of charge (Quote302314/Help is at Hand) from:
  
  DH Publications Orderline
  PO Box 777
  London SE1 6XH
  www.orderline.dh.gov.uk
  
  Tel: 0300 123 1002
  Email: dh@prolog.uk.com
  Fax: 01623 724 524

  We recently conducted an evaluation of Help is at Hand. The report can be downloaded as a pdf

 

• The Childhood Bereavement Network
  The Childhood Bereavement Network provides local and national information, guidance and support to help children, their families and caregivers, including professional carers, to manage the impact of death on their lives.

• Child Bereavement Charity
  Support, information and resources for children and families when a child dies or is bereaved, and for the professionals who support them.
  

• The Compassionate Friends
  A self-help voluntary organisation for parents who have lost a child, and siblings. The Shadow of Suicide (SoS) contact group provides support for people bereaved by suicide. Leaflets 'On Inquests' and 'After suicide'.

• Cruse Bereavement Care
  A national organisation which offers help to all bereaved people. Has many local branches offering counselling, support and advice. The website has a section for young people, RD4U.

• If U Care Share
  The Road Ahead, a guide to dealing with the impact of suicide can be downloaded as a pdf

• PAPYRUS Prevention of Young Suicide
  UK resources and support for those dealing with suicide, depression or emotional distress – particularly teenagers and young adults. HOPELineUK 0800 068 41 41

• Samaritans
  Section for people bereaved by suicide

• Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide
  A self-help voluntary organisation which provides emotional and practical support for people bereaved by suicide.

• Winston's Wish
  Winston's wish supports bereaved children and their families, and produces a booklet, Beyond the Rough Rock, which is specifically designed for children bereaved by suicide.

• Scotland - Choose Life
  The booklet 'After a suicide' can be downloaded as a pdf.

 

 

Other countries

• American Association of Suicidology (AAS)
  Resources for people bereaved by suicide, including fact sheets and bibliography.

• American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP)
  Section for people bereaved by suicide (click on 'Surviving Suicide Loss' in the left hand menu bar)

• European Directory of Survivor Services
  Contact details for organisations offering support to people bereaved by suicide, compiled by the International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP)

• International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP)
  Postvention taskforce section with links to resources for people bereaved by suicide

• New Zealand Ministry of Health
  After a suicide a resource for people bereaved by suicide can be downloaded as a pdf or word file. There is also a guide for communities wishing to set up support.

• Reach Out! Loss and grief resources
  Australian site for young people

• SAVE Suicide Awareness Voices of Education - Coping with loss (USA)
  Section for people bereaved by suicide.

• SPINZ (Suicide Prevention Information New Zealand)
  Section for people bereaved by suicide. Includes links to other resources.

• Supporting children after suicide..
  Australian booklet available as pdf (23 pages)

 

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