Tips for Health Care Practitioners and Responders:

HELPING SURVIVORS COPE WITH GRIEF AFTER A DISASTER OR TRAUMATIC EVENT

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This fact sheet provides Health Care Practitioners and Disaster Responders with guidelines for communicating with survivors experiencing grief. It give background information about the grieving process and what happens when the grief process is interrupted and complicated or traumatic grief occurs is included as well as helpful resources for additional assistance.

Pub id: SMA17-5036
Publication Date: 12/2017
Last Reviewed: 07/19/2017
Popularity: 73
Format: Fact Sheet
Audience: Disaster Response Workers as Audience, Prevention Professionals, Professional Care Providers
Population Group: Trauma Survivors as Population Group

Tags: Grief Disaster Preparedness & Recovery Counseling Depression Stress Prevention & Management Trauma

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