Aboriginal grief and loss: a review of the literature

This article is based on a literature review that was conducted in 2013 as part of the NSW Aboriginal Grief and Loss Training Project funded by the NSW Ministry of Health and delivered by the NSW Institute of Psychiatry (see Appendix, 1.). A series of workshops and resources in Aboriginal grief and loss has been developed and delivered for Aboriginal Mental Health and Wellbeing Workers across NSW, to support them with working with grief and loss in their communities. The aim of the review was to examine the existing literature, training and resources on Australian Aboriginal grief and loss, identifying areas for further research, and to confirm the need for the project. Other Indigenous literature on grief and loss was not reviewed, due to limited resources.