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Grief, Death, and Coping

Mental Health America - Coping with Bereavement

A brief overview about death that includes: coping with loss, knowing what to expect, mourning a loved one, living with grief, helping others grieve, helping children grieve, and looking to the future.

 

 

Nemours Foundation - Teens Health - Death and Grief

This site is user friendly for teenagers dealing with death and grief.

 

National Cancer Institute - Loss, Grief, and Bereavement

National Cancer Institute provides comprehensive information on loss, grief, and bereavement when dealing with a life-threatening illness or when someone you know is. Also featured is a detailed section on how adults can communicate with children about loss and grief.

 

National SIDS/Infant Death Resource Center

A site that offers information on: the process of grief, sudden infant death, fathers and grief, families needing additional support, ways to comfort a grieving parent, and ways to help parents cope and heal from the sudden loss of a child.

 

Nemours Foundation -Kids Health - Helping Your Child Deal With Death

This site provides brief information for how parents can communicate with their child on dealing with death.

 

 

The Compassionate Friends - Surviving Your Child's Suicide

Provides information on how parents can effectively cope with the loss of a child from suicide.

 

 

The Compassionate Friends - Stillbirth, Miscarriage, and Infant Death

Information that helps parents deal with the death of an infant.

 

 

American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - When a Pet Dies

Article for parents helping a child deal with the loss of a beloved pet.

 

 

AVMA - Understanding Your Feelings of Loss When Your Animal Dies

Article for anyone dealing with the grief and sorrow of losing a beloved pet.

 

 

Mayo Clinic - Coping with Pregnancy Loss

Ways to cope with grief and the emotional impact from losing a baby.

Mayo Clinic - Grief: Coping with Reminders After a Loss

Mayo Clinic Staff provides information on how to cope with reminders of your loss and making the grieving process a healthy one.

Support Group - SIDS Mechanicsville, Virginia SIDS Alliance

A support group for parents who have lost a child to SIDS

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MedlinePlus Health Topic - Grief

An expansive list of reviewed topical Web sites from the National Library of Medicine

that include interactive health tutorials, medical dictionaries, low-literacy resources,

news and directories.

Updated 08/04/08