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Telling a child or young person that someone important to them has died is difficult enough. Explaining a death involving drug or alcohol use, whether from substance use, addiction or accidental overdose, can be challenging.
How to explain death by drugs or alcohol to a child or young person
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The death of any loved one or friend can bring with it many different and unexpected emotions. However, when someone dies from an overdose the connection to substance use disorder (SUD) and associated stigma can create additional layers of complex emotions, making the death especially difficult to talk about and process.
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When someone dies from substance use, explaining it to children and teens can feel overwhelming and intimidating. This is especially true when our urge is to try to protect them from the stigma and shame that can surround this type of death. Here are some tips for talking with children and teens about a death from substance use and ways to support them in their grief.
Supporting children and teens when someone dies from substance use
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Here are some possible situations that you may encounter after experiencing a substance use death in your family. Maybe you can practice these with an adult to see if you can come up with your own responses to these questions.
Scripts for Kids: How to Answer Questions about Substance Use Death
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Families and children who have experienced the death of someone important in their lives due to substance use disorder, have a unique set of needs. Along with the trauma of the death itself, the stigma surrounding both grief and the disease of addiction adds layers of complication to this life-changing event.
Talking with Kids about a Death from Addiction (Substance Use)
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Các lời khuyên về việc nói chuyện với trẻ về vấnđề nghiện ngập. Quý vị cảm thấy khó nói hoặc không biết nói gì phải không?Những lời khuyên sau có thể giúp ích.
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ਨਸ਼਼ੇਦੀ ਬੁਰੀ ਆਦਤ ਬਾਰੇਬੱਚਿਆਂਨਾਲ ਗੱਲ ਕਰਨ ਵਾਸਤੇਨੁਕਤੇਅਸਹਿਜ ਹੋਜਾਂਪੱਕਾ ਪਤਾ ਨਹੀੀਂ ਹੈਕਿ ਕੀ ਕਹਿਣਾ ਹੈ? ਹੇਠ ਲਿਖੀਆਂਚੀਜ਼਼ਾਾਂਤੋੋਂਮਦਦ ਮਿਲ ਸਕਦੀ ਹੈ।
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व्यसन के बारेमेेंबच्चचों सेबात करनेके लिए सुझावक््यया आप इस बारेमेेंअसहज या अनिश्चित हैैंकि क््यया कहे? ें इन बातोों सेसहायतामिल सकती है।
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Uncomfortable or unsure what to say? The following may help. Tips for talking with children about addiction.
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Jen Furby is a Melbourne-based teacher whose only daughter, Nicole, died of a mixed-toxicity drug overdose in 2022. Nicole was 25. By sharing her tragic loss, Jen hopes to start conversations and change community perceptions about drug overdose. This is her story.
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Methadone Mixture; Methadone Linctus; Pharmacotherapy; Opioid Substitution Therapy; OST
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Adam; Big Brown; Disco; Disco Biscuits; Doves; E; Ease; Eccies; Eccy; Echo; Eckies; Ecstasy; Eggs; Es; Fantasia; Grey Biscuits; Hamburgers; Hug Drug; Love; Love Drug; Mandy; MDMA; Methylenedioxymethamphetamine; Molly; New Yorkers; Ones; Orbit; Pink Doves; Pink Studs; Psychedelic Speed; Special K; White Dove; Whizz Bombs; X; XTC; Yellow Callies
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