RESOURCES FOR LOSS SURVIVORS
Have you lost someone to suicide? You're not alone.
Bereavement Support Groups
Breathe, Let's Start a Conversation, offers a free suicide loss support groups in Helena.
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Helena – 1st Tuesday of every month at St. Peter’s Hospital Education Room, doors open at 6 p.m, group begins promptly at 6:30 p.m. and runs until 8.
SURVIVOR DAY
Helena's International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day falls on the third Saturday of November and will be held in the rotunda of the Montana State Capitol building. The event draws loss survivors for a day of healing, hope, and understanding. Activities include a resource fair, speakers, a luminary lighting, music and a showing of a documentary on suicide loss produced and provided by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. Learn more about Survivor Day here.
AFSP: I've Lost Someone
The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention offers a wide array of resources for loss survivors, including tips on what to do following a suicide, lists of books for survivors, info on how to talk to children about loss, opportunities to connect with other survivors, along with guides for schools and employers.
The American Association of Suicidology has provided this informative handbook for anyone who has lost someone to suicide.
The Suicide Prevention Lifeline lists information on how to care for yourself and others following a suicide loss, including an After a Suicide Resource Directory and tips on Helping a Survivor Heal.