A postvention support guide for people affected by suicide, with both emotional and practical support. People who have been bereaved by suicide used their experiences to lead the revision of this resource.
Help is at Hand
Finding the words
“This short postvention guide, developed at UCL, is aimed at helping people reach out and offer support to someone bereaved by suicide.”
Written by Maxine Frances Roper and Dr Alexandra Pitman with support from the Judi Meadows Memorial Fund.
Supporting someone who feels suicidal
This booklet from Mind explains how to support someone who feels suicidal, giving practical suggestions for what you can do and where you can go for support.
Supporting someone who feels suicidal
For more prevention information on this subject from Mind, visit their website: www.mind.org.uk/information-support/helping-someone-else/supporting-someone-who-feels-suicidal
How to cope with suicidal feelings
This booklet from Mind is for anyone experiencing suicidal feelings. It explains what suicidal feelings are, why you might feel that way, how you can help yourself cope right now, and in the long-term.
How to cope with suicidal feelings
For more prevention information on this subject from Mind, visit their website: www.mind.org.uk/information-support/types-of-mental-health-problems/suicidal-feelings/
Save this card – it might save a life
For World Suicide Prevention Day 2016 the NSPA and its members produced ‘save this card’ z-cards with tips on how to look after yourself and how to look out for your mates.
Coping with loss factsheet
Losing someone you care about to suicide is devastating and can make you feel many different ways. This factsheet, written by Rethink Mental Illness, looks at what support is available when someone you know has taken their own life. It also provides information about investigations that may happen after someone has taken their own life.
Suicidal thoughts – how to support someone
Suicide is when someone purposely ends their own life. This factsheet, written by Rethink Mental Illness, looks at why someone might think about suicide and how you can help them.
The truth about self-harm
This booklet, created by the Mental Health Foundation, aims to help you understand more about self-harm and what to do if you are worried about yourself or someone else. It explains what self-harm is, what to do if you or someone you know is self-harming, and how to get help.
It’s safe to talk about suicide
Short leaflet to provide guidance on what you could say or do if you are worried that someone may be thinking about suicide.
This resource was developed at the University of Exeter Medical School in collaboration with The Alliance of Suicide Prevention Charities and originally produced by Devon County Council.
Coping with self-harm
This guide has been developed, by researchers at the University of Oxford, through talking to parents and carers of young people, and is aimed at helping parents, carers, other family members and friends cope when a young person is self-harming. It includes information on the nature and causes of self-harm, how to support a young person when facing this problem and what help is available.