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Trigger warning: this podcast discusses topics that some people may find difficult, including talk about suicide, bereavment, substance misuse and how people deal with grief and loss.
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Useful contacts:
These organisations provide further information and support about bereavement:
Bereaved Through Alcohol and Drugs (BEAD)
Information and support for anyone bereaved through drug or alcohol use.
0800 634 9494
Supports bereaved people on a range of practical issues via a single freephone number.
0800 435 455
Helpline for people who are experiencing bereavement.
Helpline: 0800 028 8840
Supports families and provides training to professionals both when a baby or child of any age dies or is dying, or when a child is facing bereavement.
0808 808 1677
Advice to anyone who has been affected by a death, including bereaved military families.
0800 282 986
Helpline for anyone affected by the death of a child of any age, from prebirth to adult, under any circumstances, however recently or long ago.
0808 802 6868
Provides support for bereaved families and anyone affected by a sudden infant death.
Information on bereavement.
Royal College of Psychiatrists
Information on bereavement.
Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide (SOBS)
0300 111 5065
A self-help, voluntary organisation which aims to meet the needs and break the isolation of those bereaved by the suicide of a close relative or friend.
Information in this podcast was taken from:
40 life experiences you might have that cause grief
Mind Guide on Anxiety and Panic Attacks
Psychology Today – When does Grief become Depression
The difference between grief and depression