Resources

Special note: While the articles listed below may provide you with helpful tips in coping with grief from the loss of a loved one, there is no substitute for professional intervention if grief becomes overwhelming. The coroner’s office strongly recommends that you contact North Range Behavioral Health or a mental health center near you, or that you seek advice from your primary care physician or a licensed mental health professional, if you suspect that the grief you are experiencing seems to be worsening or unbearable.

• Help guide: Coping with Grief and Loss offers an overview of healthy grief and bereavement, and stresses that there is no right or wrong way to grieve.
• American Psychological Association: Grief: Coping with the loss of your loved one is a helpful one-page article about grief.
• Mayo Clinic: 7 Steps for Managing Grief and Loss reminds us that the loss of a loved one may continue to affect us into the future, and that it is wise to prepare for some of the normal reactions to loss that may occur sometime after your loved one has died.