International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP) - Resources: Postvention (Suicide Bereavement) - Survivor Guides
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| IASP/WHO - Suicide Prevention - How to Start a Survivors' Group - http://www.who.int/mental_health/prevention/suicide/resource_survivors.pdf Become familiar with this guide, created by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP), that details the creating and ongoing management of a suicide survivors' group. |
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| After a Suicide - http://www.samh.org.uk/assets/files/425.pdf Read this booklet published by NHS Health Scotland for those bereaved by suicide. Learn about practical issues, the grieving process or find useful contacts and resources. |
| American Association of Suicidology - Resources for Survivors - http://www.suicidology.org/web/guest/survivor-resources Delivers a collection of resources, including a fact sheet and guide called "Helping Survivors of Suicide: What can you do?." Read personal stories or learn how to facilitate a support group. |
| American Association of Suicidology - Suicide Attempt Survivors - http://www.suicidology.org/web/guest/suicide-attempt-survivors Offers pamphlets, links, and other resources for suicide attempt survivors. Shares personal stories of people who have attempted suicide and found hope to continue living. |
| American Association of Suicidology - Suicide Loss Survivors - http://www.suicidology.org/web/guest/suicide-loss-survivors Provides a collection of articles that speak to suicide loss survivors. See the SOS Handbook or resources for mental health clinicians who have lost a client to suicide. |
| BereavedBySuicide.com - http://www.bereavedbysuicide.com/index.html Website dedicated to the survivors of suicide shares article, resources, a calendar, blog and history of the suicide survivor movement. |
| Centre for Loss & Transition - Helping a Suicide Survivor Heal - http://www.centerforloss.com/articles.php?file=helping14.php Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D. pens this article that notes "Because of the social stigma surrounding suicide, survivors feel the pain of the loss, yet may not know how, or where, or if, they should express it." See How You Can Help. |
| Consortium for Organizational Mental Healthcare (COMH) Hope and Healing: A Practical Guide for Survivors of Suicide - http://www.comh.ca/publications/pages/hh/ Browse to find this resource in (PDF) format that is a guide that focuses on the practical matters that survivors need to deal with after a loved one has died by suicide. |
| General Guides for Suicide Survivors - http://www.forsuicidesurvivors.com/40.html Provides a selection of books relating to bereavement and surviving suicidal loss. |
| GriefLink - http://www.grieflink.asn.au/ South Australian website offers resources on death-related grief for the community and professionals. See "Coping with Grief." |
| HOPES - Survivor's Handbook - http://www.hopes-wi.org/SurvivorsGuide/ Offers a collection of publications provided by the Wisconsin-based organization called, Hopes (Helping Others Prevent and Educate about Suicide) organization. |
| Lifeline - Suicide Bereavement/Postvention - http://www.lifeline.org.au/find_help/suicide_prevention/suicide_bereavement_and_postvention Download the "Survivors of Suicide" booklet, offered by this Australian organization, that was written by survivors for survivors, and provides guidance in coping with the suicide of a loved one. Find Lifeline Centres currently offering Suicide Bereavement, Grief and Loss Programs. |
| NEED - Survivors of Suicide Pamphlet - http://www.needcrisis.bc.ca/html/suicide/suicide_pamphlet.htm British Columbia organization delivers this publication that addresses topics such as Am I to Blame? and includes recommended readings. |
| Sorgen ved selvmord - http://www.sorgenvedselvmord.dk/bogen.php "Sorgen ved selvmord – en bog til de efterladte" udkom på forlaget Høst og Søn i 2002. Den er skrevet af journalist Inger Anneberg og blev udgivet med økonomisk støtte fra Sygekassernes Helsefond. |
| SPRC - Survivors - http://www.sprc.org/featured_resources/customized/survivors.asp Find this guide delivered by the Suicide Prevention Resource Center. Read "Surviving the Loss of a Loved One by Suicide." |
| Survivors of Suicide (SOS) - http://www.survivorsofsuicide.com/ The purpose of the Survivors Of Suicide web site is to help those who have lost a loved one to suicide resolve their grief and pain in their own personal way. See "Beyond Surviving." |



