Support groups and organisations

If you are seeking support relating to grief e.g. support organisations and resources such as books, please use the Finding Support page or use links which are presented at the bottom of each topic page.


A special scar. The experiences of people bereaved by suicide.

Author: Wertheimer A

Publisher: Tavistock/Routledge, London & New York



After Suicide: Help for the Bereaved

Author: Clark S

Publisher: Hill of Content Publishing Co. Pty. Ltd. 1995



Healing after the suicide of a loved one

Author: Smolin A, Guinan J

Publisher: Simon and Schuster, New York 1993



Keep Yourself Alive (Resource Package for General Practitioners and Health Professionals)

Author: Martin G, Clark S, Beckinsale P, Stacey K, Skene C

Contact: Southern CAMHS, Flinders Medical Centre, Bedford Pk, SA 5042 Ph: 08 8204 4212



Leaving Early. Youth suicide: the home, the heartbreak, the hope

Author: Donaghy B

Publisher: Harper Health



Living with Grief after Sudden Loss: Suicide, Homicide, Accident, Heart Attack, Stroke.

Author: Kenneth JD.

Publisher: Hospice Foundation of America. Washington USA. ISBN:1-56032-578-X, 1996



Messages of Hope

Publisher: Bereaved Through Suicide Support Group

Contact: PO Box 151 Kent Town SA 5071



No Time for Goodbyes

Author: Lord J H

Publisher: Millenium Books, Pathfinder Publishing, California, 1988



Principles of postvention: application to suicide and trauma in schools (Journal article)

Author: Leenars AA, Wenckstern S

Journal: Death Studies, 1998: Vol 22(4); 357-391



Reflections…for those bereaved by suicide

Author: Appleby M, Duncan M

Contact: Available from: Rose Education Training Consultancy, 20 Northern Rd, Narellan NSW 2567



Suicide and its aftermath. Understanding and counselling the survivors

Author: Dunne EJ, Mc Intosh JL, Dunne-Maxim K

Publisher: New York: Norton. 1987



Suicide…down the track. Video

Author: Bereaved through Suicide Support Group Inc

Publisher: Foundation Studios

Contact: Women’s & Children’s Hospital, Nth Adelaide SA 5006 Ph: 08 8204 7339



Surviving the pain after suicide

Author: Appleby M

Publisher: 1992

Contact: Available from: Rose Education Training Consultancy, 20 Northern Rd, Narellan NSW 2567



Survivors of suicide: Coping with the suicide of a loved one

Author: Dunne EJ, Wilbur MM



Words I never thought to speak

Author: Alexander V

Publisher: Lexington Press, New York. 1991