Consumer Health Minute: Coping with Grief

Posted by Carolyn Martin on March 5th, 2025 Posted in: Blog

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Individuals and a whole community can experience grief due to personal loss or major tragedy. How we experience grief can differ from person to person, from event to event.

In addition to your state and local resources, here are some resources to offer those in your community who may be experiencing grief or know of someone who is. These are not meant to be a substitute for professional help that may be needed but can provide some information and support.

MedlinePlus and NIH

MedlinePlus has a health topic page on Bereavement but using the Search Box in the upper right corner and typing in the word “grief” is another way to find information on this already vetted resource.

• Bereavement health topic page

Here are a few resources available from NIH (National Institutes of Health).

• Coping with Grief, Life After Loss (News in Health article)
• Grief, Bereavement, and Loss (National Cancer Institute)
• Grief and Mourning (National Institute on Aging)
• Grief & Infant Loss Resources | Safe to Sleep® (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)

SAMHSA

SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) have several resources including ones specific events. An easy way to find these is to use the search box provided in the upper right corner of the website and type in the word “grief”.

Some of these resources can be shared through email and social media and be downloaded as a handout. Here is just a sample.

• Tips for Survivors: Coping With Grief After Community Violence
• Pet Loss and Grief
• Coping with Bereavement and Grief
• Helping school-age children with traumatic grief: Tips for caregivers

VA

The Department of Veterans Affairs has a PTSD website which includes information and help related to grief but you may find the website useful for additional information.

• National Center for PTSD – Grief

CDC

The CDC has a webpage focusing on Grief which includes a link to Mental Health America for help to find counseling and links to resources.

• Explore Your Emotions: Grief

American Psychological Association

The American Psychological Association has resources and tools to help navigate these emotions.

• Tools from APA on dealing with grief
• Grief