Tips for Health Care Practitioners and Responders: Helping Survivors Cope with Grief After a Disaster or Traumatic Event

Purpose

This fact sheet offers tips for helping community members cope with grief after a traumatic event or disaster. It includes communication strategies, definitions of traumatic and complicated grief, and descriptions of grief symptoms.

Doctor talking to patient.
Developed by: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Doctor talking to patient.

Resource information

Resource: Tips for Health Care Practitioners and Responders: Helping Survivors Cope with Grief After a Disaster or Traumatic Event

Target audiences

  • Public health professionals
  • Emergency managers
  • Mental health professionals

Target situation

Public health professionals who want to communicate with community members coping with grief following a disaster or traumatic event.

Main objectives

Secondary objectives

  • Legitimize Stress
  • Community Engagement

Resource Type

Fact sheet

Publication Year

2017

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Content Source:
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry