Grieving

Follow the links below to find information about grief and grieving.

Created January 2008

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Title:   Grief - support services
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Grief is experienced by every person at some stage in life. The death of a loved one is a difficult experience. Many grief support services provide free or low cost grief counselling.
Date:   Feb 2007
Title:   Grief - everyone's response is different
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   It is often thought that people progress through grief in similar ways, but this isn't the case. Everyone experiences grief differently.
Date:   Mar 2008
Title:   Grief - how to help the bereaved
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Sometimes it's hard to know how to offer support to a grieving friend. There are many things you can do to help, but remember that everyone's experience of grief is unique. If you're unsure of how to best support your grieving friend, ask them to tell you.
Date:   Mar 2008
Title:   Grief and bereavement - Q & A
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   This fact sheet lists a range of questions and answers on grief and bereavement. These questions were posted by visitors to the Better Health Channel and answered by a panel of experts, which includes general practitioners, nutritionists, physical activity professionals and other health and medical specialists.
Date:   Feb 2007
Title:   Depression explained: loss & grief
Publisher:   Black Dog Institute Australia
Description:   The relationship between loss and grief and depression.
Date:   Apr 2008
Title:   Loss and grief
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Grief is the term used to describe the feelings we have after a loss. It is natural to feel overwhelmed with emotions like pain, anger and sadness.
Date:   Nov 2008
Title:   Suggestions for managing grief
Publisher:   Inspire Foundation
Description:   Grief can be really hard to manage and everyone copes in different ways. This fact sheet has some ideas about how to get through these times.
Date:   Feb 2008
Title:   Grief
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Few of us will get through life without having the intensely painful experience known as grief.
Date:   Dec 2007
Title:   Media release. Funding boosts grief and trauma counselling in Tasmania
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   More people in North Western Tasmania will have access to grief and trauma counselling services following the commitment of $1.25 million by the Australian Government.
Date:   Mar 2008
Title:   SIDS and grief
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Grief is not simple sadness, nor is it expressed only by crying. Each parent, and other family members, will feel many strong emotions in the following days, weeks and months after a baby dies.
Date:   May 2002
Title:   Grief and loss
Publisher:   Mental Health Association NSW
Description:   Factsheet discussing stages of grief, how to cope, and ways to help others who are grieving.
Date:   Jan 2008
Title:   Working through your grief
Publisher:   Inspire Foundation
Description:   Grieving is a natural and important response to losing someone you care about. But there are ways to help you manage the grieving process.
Date:   Jun 2007
Title:   Grief (easy read)
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   When you lose something you feel sad. Sometimes when things change for you you feel sad, too, even good changes.
Date:   Mar 2006
Title:   Coping with grief and loss
Publisher:   CareSearch
Description:   People can feel a range of emotions after someone has died. These emotions vary from person to person, and there is no right or wrong way, just different ways of grieving.
Date:   Mar 2007
Title:   Coping with change - loss and grief
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   This topic is about losing things that are very important to you. It is about times when something or somebody that you care about isn't there any more.
Date:   Feb 2006
Title:   Managing grief at Christmas
Publisher:   Inspire Foundation
Description:   This fact sheet contains suggestions for coping with the Christmas holidays after someone you care about has died.
Date:   Feb 2008
Title:   Dementia and grief
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   You are likely to experience a range of different emotions when someone close to you develops dementia.
Date:   Mar 2001
Title:   Rural issues - losing the farm
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Losing the farm is a highly distressing and difficult experience for a family; it is like losing a loved one. Common grief reactions may include denial, panic and anger. It may take some time to establish a new way of life.
Date:   May 2007
Title:   Empty nest syndrome
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Empty nest syndrome refers to the grief that many parents feel when their children move out of home. This condition is typically more common in women, who are more likely to have had the role of primary carer.
Date:   Oct 2007
Title:   Suicide - family and friends
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   The social taboo surrounding suicide often means that surviving family members and friends may feel stigmatised and isolated. It's helpful to be open and talk about how you feel, and contact a grief counsellor if necessary.
Date:   Nov 2008
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