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If You've Lost Someone to Suicide

While we can never feel completely prepared for a death, a sudden death can leave you feeling particularly vulnerable. If you have lost someone unexpectedly, you are not alone. There are resources and people to support you.

Emergency National Suicide Prevention Lifeline

Call or Text 988

Resources for When You've Lost Someone

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988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline

988

If you are experiencing thoughts of suicide, please contact the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. Free and confidential support offered 24/7, 365 days a year. Call or text.

SafeUT

833-372-3388

A Utah service that provides real-time, emotional support and crisis prevention 24/7/365 to students, parents, and educators.

SafeUT National Guard

833-372-3364

An app for National Guard Members (active duty), their partners/family members, and civilian personnel. The app gives you 24/7 access to licensed mental health counselors.

SafeUT Frontline

833-372-3335

For Utah’s law enforcement, fire/EMS, health care providers, corrections officers, and their families to confidentially connect to licensed mental health professionals, 24/7.

Veterans Crisis Line

988

24/7, confidential crisis support for Veterans and their loved ones You don't have to be enrolled in VA benefits or health care to connect. Text 838255 or call 988 then press 1.

The Trevor Project

866-488-7386

Access trained counselors who understand the challenges LGBTQ+ young people face and are available 24/7 for crisis support. Text "Start" to 678-678 or call the number below.

Stabilization and Mobile Response (SMR)

833-723-3326

Trained, caring professionals can provide free resources, services, and support for urgent challenges your child is having. SMR teams can visit your home or do visits virtually. This free service is available 24/7. Call 988 or the number below.

Practical information for immediately after a loss

From the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, answers to questions like, “What do I tell people about what happened?” and “What do I need to know about planning the funeral?”
Surviving a Suicide Loss Guidebook - English

Resource and Healing Guide that provides information about coping with loss, the survivor loss community, and resources to help with your journey.
Surviving a Suicide Loss Guidebook - Español

Guía de recursos y sanación que brinda información sobre cómo afrontar la pérdida, la comunidad de sobrevivientes de pérdidas y recursos para ayudarlo en su camino.
Children, Teens, and Suicide Loss Guidebook - English

A Resource and Healing Guide that provides information about how to help young loss survivors
Children, Teens, and Suicide Loss Guidebook - Español

Una guía de recursos y sanación que brinda información sobre cómo ayudar a los jóvenes sobrevivientes de pérdidas.
A Handbook for Coping with Suicide Grief

Written by fellow suicide loss survivor Jeffrey Jackson, the booklet is an easy read that offers insight and essential information covering common experiences by those impacted by suicide loss.
Resources from the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

Request a call from a trained volunteer who has also lost a loved one to suicide, add a square to the digital memory quilt, read real stories about loss, and more.
Alliance of Hope

Information and resources for new survivors of suicide loss put together by others who have survived losing loved ones to suicide.

Caring Connections

801-585-9522

Caring Connections offers grief support groups that are eight weeks in length and offered quarterly at the University of Utah College of Nursing, various University of Utah Health Centers, and online.

The Sharing Place

Grief support groups for children, teens, and their parents.

801-466-6730

The Bradley Center

801-302-0220

Peer-group, interfaith grief support for children and families, offering a safe and supportive place for hope and healing.

AFSP Support Group Search Tool

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention lists U.S. and international suicide bereavement support groups as a public service to loss survivors.

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

Learn about finding different types of treatment, what to expect, and payment options for treatment. Find treatment facility options near you.
Salt Lake County Behavioral Health Services

Find community-based mental health and substance use disorder treatment in Salt Lake County Behavioral Health Service’s network of contracted providers.
Healthy Minds Utah

Free, anonymous, and private mental health or substance use questionnaires for everyone in Utah. These questionnaires are quick to take, are based on research, and provide connections to resources.

Latino Behavioral Health Services

801-935-4447

Professional, low-cost therapy in Spanish and English. Latino Behavioral Health offers a range of therapeutic services tailored to meet the diverse needs of their Latino clients.

National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Utah HelpLine

801-323-9900

NAMI’s HelpLine Support Team provides information about mental health conditions and about resources in the community. Available Monday through Friday from 9 am to 4:15 pm.

Intermountain Health Behavioral Health Services Navigation Service

833-442-2211

Callers are connected with a trained caregiver who can provide appropriate self-care tools, peer support, treatment options, crisis resources, and more. Available 7 days a week from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

211 Utah

A free and confidential resource network that connects Utahns in need with local services.