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Tag: Grief
Supporting a grieving loved one on holidays and special occasions: Practical tips from a clinical psychologist
The holiday season, often considered a time of joy and togetherness, can also be one of the most challenging periods for those who are grieving a loss.
Coping with holiday grief. Bereavement care specialist Dr. Wendy Lichtenthal offers tips on coping with sadness and loss during the holidays.
VIDEO AVAILABLE HERE Like anniversaries and birthdays, the holidays can bring good times and happiness, but for many, joy is overshadowed by sadness and grief. Gatherings once greeted with eager anticipation become obligations met with highly mixed emotions. But there…
Seeking comfort when joy is hard to find – Coping with grief during the holidays
The holidays can bring good times and happiness, but for many, joy is overshadowed by sadness, loss and grief. Dr. Wendy Lichtenthal, founding director of the Center for the Advancement of Bereavement Care offers tips on coping at this time of year.
Tattoos to confront the terror of death
The October 7, 2023 Hamas attacks on Israel resulted in widespread trauma, impacting not only the direct victims but also the broader population. Many experienced posttraumatic symptoms. This collective trauma blurred the lines between witnesses and victims, leading to a shared experience of pain and grief across Israeli society.
In the wake of these attacks, a notable phenomenon emerged: memorial tattoos reflecting personal narratives while also representing collective trauma experienced by the entire nation.
A new study by researchers at Bar-Ilan University uses Terror Management Theory (TMT, Solomon et al., 1991) to explore the rise of memorial tattoos in Israel following the attacks, offers insights into how individuals cope with trauma and find meaning through tattoos, using TMT as a theoretical framework, and ultimately contributing to the understanding of psychological resilience in the face of terror.
After a suicide, more loved ones are seeking support online. Does it help or harm?
A new study of 2,600 posts and 16,502 comments on the social media platform Reddit shows that while online grief support platforms can be helpful, they can also contain graphic content that could be damaging to those already in a vulnerable state.
Living with Grief
Grief forever changes us. The journey that we walk through changes who we are and how we perceive the world around us. Those who are unfamiliar or uncomfortable with grief may prompt us to move on. When they try this, we often plant our heels into the ground and resist. This may come as a surprise to them.
Perceived Communications Positively Impact Grief and Grieving
This paper explores the prevalence and effects of after-death
communications (ADCs) in individuals grieving the loss of a partner
or spouse, particularly in the context of the recent global upsurge
in deaths due to pandemic, warfare, environmental disasters, and
climate events.
May is Mental Health Awareness Month
One in five U.S. adults experience mental illness each year according to the National Institute of Mental Health. During Mental Health Awareness Month in May, UC San Diego Health mental health experts are available to discuss a wide range of…
Sylvester Cancer Tip Sheet for March 2024
A transformative gift to expand research and breakthrough therapies, an upcoming conference on managing neuroendocrine tumors, FDA approval of Imetelstat for patients with anemia from myelodysplastic syndromes and a researcher advocating for making bereavement care a public health priority are all included in this month’s tip sheet from Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Sylvester Researchers, Collaborators Call for Greater Investment in Bereavement Care
Bereaved persons are at greater risk for many adverse outcomes, including mental health challenges, health care neglect, cancer, heart disease, suicide, and death.
Study Finds There Are Easy Things We Can Do to Cope With Traumatic Loss
A new study finds there are simple activities that help people improve their mood and emotional well-being on a day-to-day basis after the traumatic loss of a loved one.
A beautiful death: living well at the end of life
A new study from the University of South Australia hopes to gain a better understanding of what is working well in rural palliative care, with the goal of improving knowledge and access to palliative care in rural and remote areas.
Dying well: helping rural communities access palliative supports
Talking about a serious illness, dying, death and grief can be hard. But when it comes to end-of-life decisions, knowing what supports are available can make all the difference.
7 tips for managing your mental health during the holidays
The holidays can be a time for joy and connecting with friends and loved ones, but they can also bring stress and sadness. Neuropsychologist Angela Drake has practical advice for navigating the season’s emotional challenges and specific tips for taking care of your mental health.
The US reaches 1 Million Deaths from COVID-19: GW Experts Available to Comment
The United States has reached 1 million reported deaths from COVID-19 and that number is likely an undercount, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The George Washington University has a number of experts to comment on the…
Nurse, Heal Thyself – Spiritual Practices in the Midst of a Pandemic
For nurses on the frontline, the COVID-19 pandemic has been especially disparaging, challenging and even life altering. Nurses have worked extremely long hours faced not only with the excessive, increased number of deaths of their patients, who were dying alone, but also grieved the loss of coworkers. Researchers explored the use of spirituality and religion in nurses on the frontline as a way to find purpose and meaning in life, especially during times of heightened stress and uncertainty.
Understanding family members’ grief for a living loved one
The symptoms of grief people feel for a loved one facing a life-limiting illness fluctuate over time, a new study found – suggesting that individuals can adjust to their emotional pain, but also revealing factors that can make pre-loss grief more severe.
About nine family members to suffer grief from every COVID-19 fatality
Deaths from COVID-19 will have a ripple effect causing impacts on the mental health and health of surviving family members. But the extent of that impact has been hard to assess until now. Every death from COVID-19 will impact approximately nine surviving family members, according to a study.
2 UCLA experts available to offer tips on dealing with loss and grief
Whether it is the death of a public figure like Kobe Bryant or of a beloved family member or friend, loss can create many difficult emotions for kids and adults. Gina Kornfeind, MSW, MS, a pediatric palliative care social worker…
Rutgers Expert Available to Discuss Sibling Grieving
Rutgers scholar Erica Goldblatt Hyatt, author of Grieving for the Sibling You Lost, is available to comment on teen siblings, called “forgotten mourners”, and the grieving process in light of Kobe Bryant’s death. Goldblatt Hyatt is an expert in thanatology,…
Community-based counselors help mitigate grief, stress among children orphaned in East Africa
A University of Washington-led clinical trial involving more than 600 children in Kenya and Tanzania, in which community members were trained to deliver mental health treatment, showed improvement in participants’ trauma-related symptoms up to a year after receiving therapy.