Education & Practice Supports

When you or your patients need help processing grief

SickKids has compiled a list of thoughtful articles to provide guidance and direction for anyone touched by grief. The articles provide many practical suggestions to help you or your patients move toward healing in your unique grief journey.

Are you or your patients struggling with grief due to a loss because of Covid-19?

The Ontario Palliative Care Network has compiled a list of resources to support providers who are involved in providing grief and bereavement support/services to families, as well as support with their own coping and well-being.

Looking for support resources to help your patients experiencing grief process their loss?

eMentalHealth has assembled a group of resources to help primary care physicians support patients through the grief process. The site contains a primary care guide, patient handouts, referral options, practice guidelines, and links to other grief support websites.

Looking for support resources for your grieving patients?

This online resource is intended to help people move through their grief from the comfort of their own home, at their own pace. It was developed by people who have experienced the death of someone important to them and grief specialists. It complements existing community resources and helps address barriers to grief services.

Looking for support resources to help your grieving patients under 18 years of age?

These learning modules will help you understand how children (ages 0 to 18) grieve and how to support them as they face the life-limiting illness, dying and death of someone important to them. It offers both structured and general guidelines for providing grief support to students under varying circumstances.

Need an assessment tool to help diagnose OCD?

This psychometric rating scale is designed to rate the severity and type of symptoms in patients with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). This rating scale is intended for use as a semi-structured interview.