Bereavement Resources
Descriptions of resources in the following categories are available on
this page. Click on a category to go there directly, or scroll down to read the descriptions in all the categories.
- Type of Resource: Discussion Group
- Access: To subscribe, send an e-mail message with a blank subject line to MAJORDOMO@FALCON.IC.NET In the body of the message type: subscribe grief-chat YourEmailAddress
- Contact: Cendra Lynn (cendra@rivendell.org)
- Description:
- "For persons interested in any aspect of grief, bereavement, and major loss." -- from Griefnet gopher
- Participants on this list discuss grief both from personal and professional perspectives. Spring 1995 topics have included sibling loss, dreams as a way of dealing with grief, and disenfranchised grief. List traffic tends to go in spurts.
- Volume 5-20 msg/week; moderated; no digest or archives.
- Type of Resource: Usenet Newsgroup
- Description:
- For those coping with grief and bereavement.
- Newsgroup founded December 1994; surprisingly active and supportive
for such a recent group. Participants relate experiences, share
coping techniques, and sympathize with one another's sorrow. Topics
covered include death of pets, guilt over another's suicide, and the
place of humor in dealing with bereavement.
- Volume 20-30 msg/week; unmoderated; FAQ.
- Visit this resource: alt.support.grief
- Type of Resource: Gopher
- URL: gopher://gopher.uiuc.edu:70/00/UI/CSF/Coun/SHB/grief
- Access: gopher gopher.uiuc.edu
- Menu Selections:
- Univ. of Illinois ... Campus Information
- Campus Services (Health, Legal...)
- Counseling Service
- Self-Help Brochures
- Grief and Loss
- Originating Body: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champai
gn
- Description:
- For college students coping with grief or relating to someone who
is grieving.
- Provides a definition of grief, outlines various reactions to loss
and possible obstacles to healing, gives suggestions for helping someone
else who is grieving, and lists several books and on-campus support
services at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
- Visit this resource: Grief and Loss Brochure
- Type of Resource: Gopher
- URL: gopher://wings.buffalo.edu:70/00/student-life/ccenter/Grief/
grieving.bro
- Access: gopher wings.buffalo.edu
- Menu Selection:
- Student Life and Services
- Counseling Center
- Coping with Death and Grief
- Coping with Death and Dying
- Originating Body: State University of New York - Buffalo
- Description:
- For college students facing bereavement or relating to someone who is bereaved.
- This brochure by the Counseling Center at the State University of New York
at Buffalo describes the fear of death in college students, outlines the
grieving process, gives tips for coping with one's own bereavement or that
of a friend, and lists local campus support phone numbers.
- Visit this resource: "The Grieving Process"
- Type of Resource: World Wide Web Page
- URL: http://www.dgsys.com/~tgolden/1grief.html
- Contact: Tom Golden (tgolden@trg55.dgsys.com)
- Description:
- This web site carries Tom Golden's work on gender differences and grief, i
ncluding excerpts from three booklets ("A Man's Grief", "Different Paths Toward
Healing", and "Gender and Cultural Differences in Grief") and a monthly column
on the topic. Golden's site also includes a page described as "a place that m
en or women can honor the person in their life who died by writing about a part
of their own grief and healing."
- Visit this resource: Crisis, Grief, Healing: Men and Women
- Type of Resource: Freenet
- Access:
- telnet firefly.prairienet.org
- login: visitor
- Menu selections:
- Community Center
- Community Health Center
- Self-Help Center
- Listing of Bereavement Groups
- Description:
- A list of bereavement groups in and around Champaign County, Illinois,
prepared by the staff of the Self-Help Center at Family Services.
- Over 20 groups are listed by county and include resources for general
bereavement, death of a child or miscarriage, suicide, and widows and
widowers. The purposes of the groups, names, addresses, and phone numbers
are provided.
- Type of Resource: Discussion Group
- Access: To subscribe, send an e-mail message with a blank subject line to MAJORDOMO@FALCON.IC.NET In the body of the message type: subscribe adult-sibs YourEmailAddress
- Contact: Cendra Lynn (cendra@rivendell.org)
- Description:
- "For adults who have lost siblings, whether recently or long ago." -- e-mail from Cendra Lynn
- This list spun off of the grief-chat group, to provide a support forum for adults who have lost siblings. As of June 1995, the group had just been announced.
- Volume unknown; moderated; no digest or archives.
- Type of Resource: Discussion Group
- Access: To subscribe, send an e-mail message with a blank subject line to MAJORDOMO@FALCON.IC.NET In the body of the message type: subscribe grief-parents YourEmailAddress
- Contact: Cendra Lynn (cendra@rivendell.org)
- Description:
- For bereaved parents.
- This list spun off of the grief-chat group, to provide a support forum for parents whose children have died. With around 30 subscribers as of 6/95, messages may be few and far between. However, new participants are welcome, and responses have been supportive. Subscribers are encouraged to introduce themselves.
- Volume very low; moderated; no digest or archives.
- Type of Resource: Discussion Group
- Access: To subscribe, send an e-mail message with a blank subject line to MAJORDOMO@FALCON.IC.NET In the body of the message type: subscribe grief-widows YourEmailAddress
- Contact: Cendra Lynn (cendra@rivendell.org)
- Description:
- For widows.
- This list spun off of the grief-chat group, to provide a support forum for widows. With under 20 subscribers as of 6/95, messages to this group are few and far between. However, new participants are welcome and responses are supportive. One 5/95 discussion dealt with facing anniversaries and other special days.
- Volume very low; moderated; no digest or archives.
- Type of Resource: World Wide Web Page
- URL: http://www.internet-is.com/misckids/miscarriage/index.html
- Originating Body: Readers of the misc.kids Usenet newsgrou
p
- Contact Person: Laura Brooks (BROOK006@mc.duke.edu)
- Description:
- For women who have just suffered a miscarriage or want information
about miscarriage.
- The writings in the FAQ are responses that were addressed to a
newsgroup member who had just miscarried, collected to provide support
and sympathy for anyone who might need it. Contains expressions of support
and sympathy, stories related by others who had miscarried, and advice
and explanation from a doctor who was a newsgroup member. Very long, all text.
- Visit this resource: Miscarriage FAQ
- Type of Resource: Discussion Group
- Access: send an e-mail message to jo@samaritans.org
- Originating Body: The Samaritans
- Description:
- For anyone feeling despairing or suicidal.
- The Samaritans, a 40-year-old counseling group based in the United Kingdom,
provide their service via e-mail. Completely confidential, all trained
volunteers answer requests for information using the name "Jo." Those
requesting information will receive the FAQ file, which contains
directions for anonymously e-mailing the Samaritans, as well as a history of
the group and the services they provide.
- Type of Resource: Gopher
- URL: gopher://gopher.uiuc.edu:70/00/UI/CSF/Coun/SHB/suiprev
- Access: gopher gopher.uiuc.edu
- Menu Selections:
- Univ. of Illinois ... Campus Information
- Campus Services (Health, Legal...)
- Counseling Service
- Self-Help Brochures
- Suicide Prevention
- Originating Body: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champai
gn
- Description:
- For college students relating to friends who are contemplating suicide.
- Outlines reasons why people kill themselves, lists possible danger
signals and prevalent myths about suicide, makes suggestions on how to
help someone who is considering suicide, and gives information about
groups to contact for help on the University of Illinois campus.
- Visit this resource: Suicide Prevention Brochure
- Type of Resource: Gopher
- URL: gopher://wings.buffalo.edu:70/00/student-life/ccenter/Depression/suicide.bro
- Access: gopher wings.buffalo.edu
- Menu Selection:
- Student Life and Services
- Counseling Center
- Overcoming Depression, and Preventing Suicide
- Suicide: What it is, and what to do
- Originating Body: State University of New York - Buffalo
- Description:
- For college students relating to friends who are contemplating suicide.
- Provides information on myths and facts about suicide, potential warning
signs, and advice on how to help a person who is contemplating suicide,
including local and on-campus phone numbers to call for help.
- Visit this resource: Suicide - What It Is and What To Do
- Type of Resource: Gopher
- URL: gopher://gopher.adp.wisc.edu:70/00/.browse/.METACACDI/.CACDI04/.CACDI0404/.00000031
- Access: gopher gopher.adp.wis.edu
- Menu selections:
- General Campus & Community Information
- Campus Assistance Center DIAL System Text
- Facts to Help You
- Helping Yourself and Others
- Where to Get Help When a Friend is Thinking of Suicide
- Originating Body: University of Wisconsin
- Description:
- For college students with friends contemplating suicide.
- Provides general advice for anyone faced with a person contemplating
suicide, along with information on specific groups to contact for help
in Dane County, Wisconsin, and on the University of Wisconsin campus.
- Visit this resource:Where to Get Help When a Friend is
Thinking of Suicide
- Type of Resource: Gopher
- URL: gopher://gopher.adp.wisc.edu:70/00/.browse/.METACACDI/.CACDI04/.CACDI0404/.00000003
- Access: gopher gopher.adp.wis.edu
- Menu selections:
- General Campus & Community Information
- Campus Assistance Center DIAL System Text
- Facts to Help You
- Helping Yourself and Others
- Thinking of Suicide?
- Originating Body: University of Wisconsin
- Description:
- For college students contemplating suicide.
- Provides general advice for a despairing person contemplating
suicide, including ways to ask for help without feeling weak or embarrassed.
Information on specific groups to contact in Dane County, Wisconsin, and on
the University of Wisconsin campus is provided.
- Visit this resource: Thinking of Suicide?
- Type of Resource: Freenet
- Access:
- telnet leo.nmc.edu
- login: visitor
- Menu selections:
- Community Services
- Resources Q-Z
- Suicide Threats
- Description:
- For those with suicidal feelings and people living in the aftermath of
suicides.
- This resource describes services provided by the Third Level Crisis
Intervention Center in Traverse City, Michigan. Includes address, several
phone numbers, and information about the group, its programs, and possible uses.
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