Grief

PARL subscribes to the Gale Health and Wellness Resource Center database. This service is available free to anyone with a Library card. Not only can you access thousands of articles, pamphlets and fact sheets on various health topics but also informative video files. Below are links to a sampling of the many resources from the database available on the subject of Grief.

Grieving and Going Back to Work

Adult Orphans: Coping With the Loss of a Parent

Helping Grieving Families

Anticipatory Grief: Preparing for the Death of a Loved One

Helping Children Deal with Fear and Death

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These books are just a small sample of books on the topic of grief from our collection. Please search the online catalogue for a more complete listing.

• Living with grief and loss
• Surviving the death of a sibling: living through grief when an adult brother or sister dies
• What children need when they grieve: the four essentials: routine, love, honesty, and security
• A teen's guide to coping: when a loved one is sick and preparing to die
• When things get back to normal

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• grief
• bereavement

Antigonish Ecumenical Bereavement Support Group
Phone: (902) 863-1375
Organizes a 6-week support group in the fall and spring for people dealing with the loss of a loved one.

Friendship Corner
John Paul Centre
308 Main Street
Antigonish, NS, B2G 2C4
Email: help@depressionsupportgroup.com
A gathering place for individuals to have a friendly chat and socialize with others. Tea, coffee and snacks are provided.
Tuesdays & Thursdays 1:00 p.m - 4:00 p.m.

Suicide Survivor Group - New Glasgow
Phone: (902) 396-3000 and leave a message.
This is a grief support group for family members or friends of a person who has committed suicide. A professional leads the group. This is an open group that runs every year.

Help Line of Pictou County
75 Lavina Street, Suite 119
New Glasgow, NS B2H 1N5
Phone: (902) 752-5952
Website: www.nsnet.org/helpline/
Help Line is the best place to call if you need to know where to turn for help. It is a confidential telephone service providing care, support and encouragement since 1983. It provides crisis and suicide intervention, as well as information and referrals. It is open noon to midnight daily.

Health Connections Resource Centre
HEALTH CONNECTIONS in the People's Place Library. 283 Main Street, Antigonish, NS B2G 2C3
Tel: (902) 863-7369
Fax: (902) 863-9318
Email: smithlj@gasha.nshealth.ca
Provides free health information and support.

Mayo Clinic on Complicated Grief
Website: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/grief/MH00100