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After A Suicide Loss

A suicide loss is often devastating, confusing, and traumatic for loved ones and community members. Postvention following a suicide death can include short-term and long-term support as well as individual, family, and organization/community support.

Postvention refers to the responses, resources, and interventions that provide emotional support, community networks, and culturally appropriate support and guidance to individuals, families, and communities impacted by a suicidal crisis and/or a suicide death.

To learn more about the Office of Suicide Prevention, please return to the Office of Suicide Prevention.

Children and youth

A suicide death is a traumatic and difficult loss, and the impact of suicide can leave grieving individuals and communities with questions. Learn more about how to talk to children and youth:

Suicide loss survivors
Organizations

Schools and higher education
The workplace
Community mental health centers
  • The Colorado Behavioral Healthcare Council website has a convenient map to help you find community mental health centers. These centers are a valuable resources to support postvention at the workplace. Colorado’s community mental health centers (CMHCs) cover every county in Colorado and offer a wide array of services to meet the needs of individuals and families.
Health systems
Additional communities
How to report safely for journalists and the media
  • Following the Recommendations for Reporting on Suicide can help mitigate the future risk of additional suicides. It provides recommendations on how to report on and cover suicide safely and responsibly.
  • The American Association of Suicidology’s Suicide Reporting Recommendations toolkit offers strategies and recommendations to ensure that reporting practices balance the demands facing journalists with public health standards regarding suicide.
  • The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Online Postvention Manual gives guidance on how to consider the role of the internet and to ensure that postvention initiatives also target existing online communities, which is especially important when the deceased is between the ages of 15 and 24

988 Colorado
  • The 988 Colorado Mental Health Line is available for free, immediate, human support 24/7. If you or someone you know is struggling with an emotional, mental health, or substance use concern, call, text, or live chat with 988 today.
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  • La Línea de Salud Mental 988 Colorado está a tu disposición para brindarte apoyo gratuito, inmediato y humano las 24 horas del día, los 7 días de la semana. Si tú o alguien que conoces está lidiando con un problema emocional, de salud mental o el uso de sustancias, llama, envía un mensaje de texto o chatea en tiempo real con 988 hoy.