Resources for Survivors
Information is listed to assist you as you seek
to understand and cope with the horrific loss(es) of your loved
one(s). This information does not replace professional or faith-based
counseling. Please visit individual tree coordinators for their
personal Web memorials
or support group. Memory
Tree of Lights archives is located at the bottom of this section.
I do not endorse, promote, or seek
supernatural solutions outside
of orthodox religion. Indirect links or sublinks, which may connect you to
such, are unintended and I encourage you to avoid such temptations.
Spiritual Comfort
Father's Love Letter, a
beautiful message of hope and love for those who are hurting. Please
visit their website at www.FathersLoveLetter.com.
Prevention & Understanding
American Association of
Suicidology, understanding and preventing suicide.
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, prevention,
research, and prevention programs.
Center for Suicide Prevention, 31,000 references pertaining to all aspects of
suicide.
Defeat Depression, Information
on stress anxiety and depression.
Tears of A Cop, an officer dies every
24 hours from suicide, stats and more.
The Jed Foundation, suicide is second
leading cause of death among college-age students.
PIPS: Public Initiative for the Prevention of Suicide and Self-harm.
The aim has been to raise awareness and to educate, provide support for those left behind and those at risk.
Suicide Awareness Voices of Education
(SAVE), suicide awareness, stigma, survival.
Suicide Prevention Action Network, USA, Inc.(SPAN), information on suicide prevention.
Suicide Reference
Library, extensive information about suicide and mental health.
Drugwatch, a comprehensive
online medical database featuring information about thousands of medications
currently on the market or previously available worldwide..
Support Agencies
Alive Alone,
loss of your only or all of your children.
Befrienders, Int., directory
of suicide crisis hotlines.
Compassionate Friends, friendship
and support to bereaved parents.
Depression and BiPolar Alliance,
improving the lives of those living with mood disorders.
Families for Depressive Awareness, bringing
depression into the light.
Fierce Goodbye surviving after the loss of a loved through faith communities by Mennonite Media.
Friends for Survival, Inc., loving
outreach for those of suicide loss.
Gift from Within, survivors of trauma and victimization.
Grief Companion, words of comfort from the Bruderhof community.
GriefNet, dealing with grief, death, major
loss by Cendra Lynn, Ph.D.
Heartbeat,
national and international support groups.
Mental Health Spiritual
Support, talk to a minister or pastor.
Dealing With Life and Death: Coping with Grief and Loss, Article from Guardian Insurance on "Dealing With Life and Death: Coping with Grief and Loss"
Sibling
Connection, sibling grief process by Pleasant Gill White, Ph.D.
Web Healing, Tom Golden, LCSW
Memorialize our Loved Ones
Law Enforcement
Memorial
Parents of Suicide Memorials
Suicide Memorial Wall
Virtual Memorial Garden
Virtual Memorials
Reading Corner
Bereavement Magazine, complete
grief resource center.
Centering Corporation, grief resource
center.
Surviving
After Loss of Child Suicide, Jan Anderson, tree coordinator for
UK.
Suicide Survivors Handbook, coping with others and holidays.
Suggested books, assisting with
coping and recovery.
Memory
Tree Coordinator Articles
Two mothers
setting up suicide support group (Malta), 2003
Maryland Memory Tree memorializes
suicide victims (Maryland), 2003
Grants to Prevent Suicide (Virginia),
2002
Memorial unites familes left
behind (South Dakota), 2002
South Dakota Tree Lighting 2002
Suicide Memory Tree In Sioux
Falls (South Dakota), 2002
Texas Tree Lighting 2002
Christmas Tree Remembers Suicide Victims (Tennessee),
2001
Colorado Tree Lighting, 2001 Pennsylvania Promo Flier, 2001
Texas Tree Lighting Press Release,
2001
Tree Honors the Victims of Suicide
(Colorado), 1998
Memory Tree Coordinator Photos
Colorado Memory Tree Lighting, 1998-2001
Memorial unites familes left
behind (South Dakota) pictorial, 2002
Pennsylvania Memory Tree Lighting,
2001
Virginia Memory Tree Lighting, 2001
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