Basic Information on Helping Adults

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How to Help a Newly Bereaved Person: After any Manner of Death & After a Death from Substance Use

SADOD

Five Practices: How to Provide Grief Support

SADOD

Trauma-Informed Practices

SADOD

How to Support Someone Who Lost a Loved One to Drugs

Very Well Mind

Helping Someone Who Is Grieving

HelpGuide

The Grief of an Overdose Death — and How You Can Support Someone Grieving a Substance Use Loss

Partnership for Drug-Free Kids

How to Support Loved Ones Who Are Grieving an Addiction Loss

Shatterproof

Providing Good Grief Support for Close Friends

Center Complicated Grief

Walking with the Bereaved: Tools for Others to Help the Bereaved

The Grief Toolbox

Helping Survivors Cope with Grief After a Disaster or Traumatic Event

SAMHSA

Dealing with Traumatic Bereavement: A Resource For Those Supporting People Who Have Experienced Traumatic Bereavement

Ireland

Bereaved Through Substance Use: Guidelines for Those Whose Work Brings Them into Contact with Adults Bereaved After a Drug- or Alcohol-Related Death

UK

Videos

Understanding Grief After an Overdose Death