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You are not alone. Besides us, here are some resources that can help.
CDC National HIV and AIDS Hotline
(800) 232-4636
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Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline
(800) 422-4453
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Crisis Text Line
Text HOME to 741741
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Disaster Distress Helpline Online Peer Support Communities
Disaster Distress Helpline Videophone for American Sign Language Users (PDF, 180KB)
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Nacional de Prevención del Suicidio
(888) 628-9454
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National Domestic Violence Hotline
(800) 799-7233
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National Grad Crisis Line
(877) 472-3457
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National Sexual Assault Hotline
(800) 656-4673
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National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline
988
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National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline (options for deaf and hard of hearing)
For TTY Users: Use your preferred relay service or dial 711 then 988
Chat online
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SAgE’s Farmer Support Hotline
833-381-SAGE
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Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration National Helpline
(800) 662-4357
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Veterans Crisis Line
988, then PRESS 1
Text 838255
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Crisis Hotlines
Support Organizations & Programs
The Center for Complicated Grief
is dedicated to improving the lives of people suffering from complicated grief by helping clinicians and the general public learn how to recognize complicated grief.
https://complicatedgrief.columbia.edu/for-the-public/complicated-grief public/overview/
https://www.facebook.com/CenterforCG
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Parents of Murdered Children
Support for families who have lost their children to violence
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David Kessler's FREE Suicide Loss Support Series
In this free course, David Kessler compassionately leads you through this heart-breaking grief to help find peace and remember with more love than pain.
https://www.davidkesslertraining.com/suicide-loss-support
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If you live in the state of Georgia
The Georgia Commission on Family Violence offers state-funded
Support for Survivors of Domestic Violence Murder-Suicide
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Living with Traumatic Grief: 3 Questions to Guide Your Grief
FREE webinar hosted by From Grief To Growth and Dr. Jennifer R. Levin.
https://fromgrieftogrowth.mykajabi.com/living-with-traumatic-grief-webinar-replay
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Print Resources
The Untold Stories of Murder Suicide - By Annemarie Matulis (Featuring board member Mitch Maryanov)
Aftermath: Picking Up the Pieces After a Suicide - By Gary Roe
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American Roulette: Murder-Suicide in the United States (6th edition) (June 2018)
Healing: Our Tragedy of Suicide-Murder - By Marcia Epstein, LMSW Blue Hour
Haiku and Photographs - By Amory Hayden Tarr (Edited By Kathy Allen)
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Breaking the Silence as a Survivor of Murder-Suicide Loss - By Brittany Noble McCarthy.
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Death by Murder or Homicide - http://www.griefspeaks.com/id82.html
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Do They Have Bad Days in Heaven? Surviving the Suicide Loss of a Sibling - By Michelle Linn-Gust
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Domestic Murder-Suicide: A Compound Tragedy - By Tony Salvatore, M.A. Faith & Grief Podcast
Episode #22 with Murder-Suicide Loss Survivor, Sara Cobb The Forgotten Mourners: Sibling Survivors of Suicide - By Magdaline DeSousa The Gift of Second - By Brandy Lidbeck
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Grief After a Murder - By David Kessler
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Murder-Suicide and the Meaning of Mercy - By Kevin Dowd
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The Perversion of Virtue: Understanding Murder-Suicide - By Thomas Joiner The Private Grief Of A Public Death - Grief Out Loud Podcast
Ripples of Pain From My Brother’s Murder/Suicide 22 Years Ago - By Tony Wade Sibling Suicide: The Journey From Despair to Hope - By Nathan S. Wagner Still With Us: Voices of Sibling Suicide Loss Survivors - By Lena M. Q. Heilmann
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The Sudden Loss Survival Guide: Seven Essential Practices For Healing Grief - By Chelsea Hanson
Surviving a Murder-Suicide - Interview with Tanya Brancalion Jarosz
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Surviving the Suicide of a Loved One: A Companion Guide to 'Life After Suicide Loss: Finding Courage, Comfort & Community After Unthinkable Loss' By Jennifer Ashton
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Why People Die By Suicide - By Thomas Joiner
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Years After Her Parents' Murder-Suicide, Musician Allison Moorer Finds Healing – By Terry Gross
Audio Resources
Grief Refuge Podcast with Murder-Suicide Loss Survivor, Sara Cobb
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Hope Illuminated Podcast with Dr. Sally Spencer-Thomas - Your source for the stories, science, and strategy of suicide prevention, mental health promotion, and resilience where we live, learn and work.
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How a Suicide Support Group Helped Me After My Brother's Death - By Karen Peloquin
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I'm Finally Ready to Talk About How My Parents Died – By Anonymous Daughter (Murder-Suicide Loss)
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The Irreverent Grief Guide: How to F*cking Survive Months 1-3 - By Elizabeth Kupferman
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Let's (NOT) Talk About It Podcast - Season 2, Episode 6, Left Behind: A Story of Murder-Suicide
Life After Suicide Podcast with Dr. Jennifer Ashton, draws from her own experience to explore the aftermath of suicide & sudden loss. The podcast is a roadmap to survival, offering inspiring insight on how to get back to life.
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Life After Suicide: Finding Courage, Comfort, and Community After Unthinkable Loss - By Jennifer Ashton, MD
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Living With the Grief of Murder-Suicide - By Jane Facazkarley
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Video Resources
Conscious Grief Series 2, Hosted by Tara Nash, with Sara Cobb - https://youtu.be/VbiSebIR3PI
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My Son was a Columbine Shooter. This Is My Story : Sue Klebold - https://youtu.be/KFY_ggQDO9A
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Singer Allison Moorer's memoir "Blood," On the Legacy of Her Parents' Murder-Suicide - https://youtu.be/Qd92hs0DnRA
Online Resources
My Grief Connection
Created by one of MSLN's founders.
The site offers a plethora of resources for those dealing with grief
https://www.mygriefconnection.org/
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American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
Here is their link for Homicide-Followed-By-Suicide and includes a video with the mother of a perpetrator
https://afsp.org/homicide-followed-by-suicide/
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