Psychology & Psychiatry
What you should know about grief after COVID-19 deaths
Few of us get through life without experiencing grief, but, as a culture, we don't do a great job of talking about it.
Aug 17, 2021
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Handling traumatic grief reactions in children and adolescents post-9/11
Grief reactions in traumatically bereaved youth, particularly in relation to a shared trauma, constitute a unique aspect of psychological distress. A new study in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent ...
Sep 30, 2019
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Longer bereavement leave needed for employees, study finds
It takes months, even years to recover from the grief of losing a loved one, and Canadian legislation and workplaces need to start recognizing that, says a University of Alberta researcher.
Aug 12, 2020
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Grief stages can be likened to pinball machine workings, researcher says
Moving through the traditional stages of grief can be as unpredictable as playing a pinball machine, with triggers of sorrow acting like pinball rudders to send a mourner into a rebound rather than an exit, according to a ...
Sep 25, 2012
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Clinical trial examines treatment of complicated grief
A new study reports on the results of a randomized clinical trial that looked at whether the antidepressant citalopram would enhance complicated grief treatment psychotherapy, and if citalopram would be efficacious without ...
Jun 8, 2016
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Pandemic anniversary highlights need for expanded bereavement support services
The COVID-19 pandemic, which killed millions across the world, had a dire impact on the ability of their loved ones to grieve. A study by Simon Fraser University researchers published in the journal Illness, Crisis & Loss, ...
Mar 7, 2023
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Grief symptoms similar in donor vs non-donor decision families
(HealthDay)—Perceptions of the organ donation experience vary between relatives who decide to donate their relative's organs and those who do not, but the decision does not appear to be associated with subsequent grief ...
Apr 2, 2018
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Time doesn't erase grief, strong emotions connected to the victims of mass shootings
It was April 1999 when the mass shooting at Columbine High School in Colorado shocked a nation. Video of students desperately sprinting from the school to safety under the watch of armed police flooded televisions across ...
Apr 24, 2019
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Children in mourning are curious about death, grief and afterlife, study finds
New Curtin University–led research has found that children who have experienced the death of a loved one will benefit from gaining a better understanding about why and how people die and how to make sense of this.
Oct 12, 2023
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Being stoic for the spouse's sake comes at a high cost
(Medical Xpress)—Among life's many tragedies, the death of a child is one that is perhaps the greatest for parents. No matter what the age of the child or the cause of death, the irrefutable fact of the loss is one that ...
Feb 20, 2013
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