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Responding to Suicide: Postvention Guidance for Student Housing Managers
The Jed Foundation—in partnership with the College Student Mental Wellness Advocacy Coalition and Hi, How Are You Project (HHAYP)—has released an emergency preparedness guidebook for student housing managers on how to handle the sudden and tragic loss of a community resident. Titled Responding to Suicide: Postvention Guidance for Student Housing Managers, the guidebook offers protocols…
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Uniting for Suicide Postvention
Provided by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, this site contains postvention support and resources for anyone who has lost a loved one to suicide.
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Aftermath of Tragic Events: The Development and Use of Community Support Meetings on a University Campus
Over the last eight years at Cornell University, we have developed a program of community support to help constituencies within the larger university community come together in the aftermath of tragic events. This was initiated as a way to help students cope with the suicides of peers, but its scope has expanded to include a…
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After A Suicide: Recommendations for Religious Services & Other Public Memorial Observances (SPRC, 2004)
Recommendations were created to aid members of the clergy and other community and faith leaders as they care for those who have survived the loss of a loved one due to suicide and to assist them in helping to plan a memorial observance. This document provides background information, suggests ways to care for and support…
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Responding To Suicide: Resources on Campus Based Suicide Postvention (CSPCV, 2010)
A list of additional post-suicide resources and research.
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POSTVENTION: A Guide for Response to Suicide on College Campuses (HEMHA, 2014)
This resource is intended for colleges and universities that are affected by and/or want to be prepared for campus crises and deaths.
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Responding to Suicide Clusters on College Campuses (SAMHSA, 2015)
Learn from experts in suicide prevention and college mental health about the current understanding of suicide clusters in general and on college campuses. Presenters will discuss the epidemiology and demographics of suicide clusters, what is known about the settings in which clusters are more likely to occur, and how to effectively communicate on and off…
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After a Campus Suicide: A Postvention Guide for Student-Led Responses (Active Minds, 2017)
From Active Minds comes this guide that was created to help students respond to a death by suicide of a fellow student. The guide is available free of charge after completing a brief form at the bottom of the page.
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Survivors of Suicide: A Support Group Leader’s Handbook (STAR-Center, 2019)
Provided by the STAR-Center, this manual was written for clinicians who have an interest in beginning a group for suicide survivors. It provides a basic outline and guide to help clinicians provide services to people isolated by their loss.




