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Most of our features and services are available only to our members. So we encourage you to login or officially connect us by. Registration is free fast and simple. You only need to provide a valid email address so we can minimize spammers. As a Symbianize member you'll have the following privileges: Gain access to private forums and restricted features Dec. 7 (HealthDay News) -- The grieving that follows a loved one's death can change magnitude your risk of death from suicide as well as other causes a new review shows. The most vulnerable period was the first 30 days following the loss. More research needs to be done on targeting high-risk individuals and on what interventions might be helpful according to the article in the Dec. 8 issue of The Lancet."There is a strong need for more evaluation of the efficacy of psychotherapeutic intervention programs for bereaved people to better establish: (1) what type of help is [most] effective; (2) who precisely benefits from it; and (3) under what circumstances positive results are most likely to occur," said study author Margaret Stroebe special chair of the investigate Institute for Psychology and Health at Utrecht University in the Netherlands in association with the Dutch Association for Grief Counseling. "Bereavement intervention is not indicated for all bereaved persons just on the grounds that they have suffered the loss of a loved person... We need to increase understanding and bring resources to those who do need and are likely to benefit from professional help."The authors of the Lancet paper went through the available literature on grief and bereavement focusing on papers published after 1997. Here are their main points: * Most of the studies report gender differences in death rates after bereavement with widowers (men) having a higher risk of dying after a loss than widows (women). * The risk of dying appears to be higher for younger people who have lost a spouse than for their older counterparts. * The risk of dying for widowed people is highest in the early months after the loss. * The risk of death from suicide is also greater with one study finding a 66-fold increased risk in the first week of bereavement for widowers and 9.6-fold for widows. * Widows and widowers are more likely to have physical health problems especially soon after the loss. Complaints include headaches dizziness indigestion and chest pain and they result in higher rates of disability medicate use and hospitalizations. * Research is starting to show biological links between bereavement and these physical ailments. For instance bereavement can affect the immune system. * Bereavement is also associated with different psychological symptoms and illnesses including depression anxiety insomnia and social dysfunction. * In extreme cases losing a loved one can result in clinical depression or even post-traumatic evince disorder. * Bereavement can also bear on memory problems loss of appetite and difficulty with concentration. * Responses to a loss can range from mild and relatively short-term to more extreme and long-lasting persisting for months or years. In general however the authors stated grief is a normal natural process and "professional psychological intervention is generally neither justified nor effective for uncomplicated forms of grief.""We try to educate people before they go through a death that this is healthy normal response and being able to talk about it is a healthy normal thing to do," Lancto said. SOURCES: Rebekah Lancto bereavement coordinator. Metropolitan Jewish Hospice and Metropolitan Jewish Palliative compassionate. New York City; Margaret Stroebe. Ph. D. professor and special chair. Research Institute for Psychology and Health. Utrecht University. Netherlands; Rhoda Goldstein. M. A.. LSW clinical social worker and bereavement compassionate coordinator. Lippincott Family Hospice. Fox follow Cancer Center. Philadelphia; Dec. 8. 2007. The Lancet

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Dec. 7. 2007 -- The weeks and months after the death of a spouse or childmay be a particularly risky time for their loved ones. So say Dutch experts who reviewed studies on bereavement (defined asrecently losing a significant person to death) in the U. S.. Europe. Australia,and other countries. Their review shows that death illness and emotional distress are morelikely among the bereaved than among other people especially in the first sixmonths of bereavement. The higher death rate among the bereaved is "attributable in large partto a so-called broken heart," write Utrecht University's Margaret Stroebe,PhD and colleagues. Suicide alcohol-related deaths and deaths are amongthe risks. Nonfatal illnesses also rise during bereavement the reviewshows. Psychologically bereavement is "a harrowing experience for most populate,one that causes considerable upset and disruption of everyday life,"Stroebe's team writes. "For most people the experience though difficult is tolerable andabates with time," they write. Each person's bereavement experience is unique. And while no one can replacethe person who has died support from friends and family makes a difference,note Stroebe and colleagues. They observe that is normal but complicated grief -- an unusually long and/or intense grievingperiod -- is rare but may call for professional counseling. Of cover it never hurts to seek counseling for any problem. But manypeople may get through bereavement without it according to Stroebe's review,published tomorrow in The Lancet.

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Dec. 7. 2007 -- The weeks and months after the death of a spouse or childmay be a particularly risky time for their loved ones. So say Dutch experts who reviewed studies on bereavement (defined asrecently losing a significant person to death) in the U. S.. Europe. Australia,and other countries. Their review shows that death illness and emotional distress are morelikely among the bereaved than among other populate especially in the first sixmonths of bereavement. The higher death rate among the bereaved is "attributable in large partto a so-called broken heart," write Utrecht University's Margaret Stroebe,PhD and colleagues. Suicide alcohol-related deaths and deaths are amongthe risks. Nonfatal illnesses also rise during bereavement the reviewshows. Psychologically bereavement is "a harrowing experience for most people,one that causes considerable upset and disruption of everyday life,"Stroebe's team writes. "For most people the experience though difficult is tolerable andabates with time," they write. Each person's bereavement experience is unique. And while no one can replacethe person who has died support from friends and family makes a difference,note Stroebe and colleagues. They sight that is normal but complicated grief -- an unusually long and/or intense grievingperiod -- is rare but may call for professional counseling. Of course it never hurts to seek counseling for any problem. But manypeople may get through bereavement without it according to Stroebe's review,published tomorrow in The Lancet.

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Dec. 7. 2007 -- The weeks and months after the death of a spouse or childmay be a particularly risky time for their loved ones. So say Dutch experts who reviewed studies on bereavement (defined asrecently losing a significant person to death) in the U. S.. Europe. Australia,and other countries. Their review shows that death illness and emotional distress are morelikely among the bereaved than among other people especially in the first sixmonths of bereavement. The higher death rate among the bereaved is "attributable in large partto a so-called broken heart," write Utrecht University's Margaret Stroebe,PhD and colleagues. Suicide alcohol-related deaths and deaths are amongthe risks. Nonfatal illnesses also go during bereavement the reviewshows. Psychologically bereavement is "a harrowing experience for most people,one that causes considerable upset and disruption of everyday life,"Stroebe's team writes. "For most people the experience though difficult is tolerable andabates with time," they write. Each person's bereavement experience is unique. And while no one can replacethe person who has died give from friends and family makes a difference,note Stroebe and colleagues. They observe that is normal but complicated grief -- an unusually long and/or intense grievingperiod -- is rare but may call for professional counseling. Of course it never hurts to seek counseling for any problem. But manypeople may get through bereavement without it according to Stroebe's review,published tomorrow in The Lancet.

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When attending the funeral of someone we know the thought of going up to convey our condolences to the friends and relatives of the deceased can often alter us with apprehension - it’s not exactly the kind of experience we go through every day. However with the right approach it can actually be a very inwardly rewarding undergo. Here are a few pointers: The words “I’m sorry for your loss” can sound desire such a cliché if not said with meaning. bequeath that when you do express your condolences it ordain not be the words that matter but the expression and concern on your approach. It doesn’t particularly be if you never thought well the deceased during his or her lifetime - you can try to mentally “conceal the hatchet” and remember any good qualities the person might undergo had. If that doesn’t work try instead to empathise with what the dear ones of the deceased must be going through and let your words originate in from that instead. Draw on any experiences of loss which you might have had yourself - it ordain help you empathise with and acknowledge what the dear ones of the departed are going through. Remember you won’t be an imposition. We always somehow be to think that the dear ones of the deceased will be so wrapped up in their grief that any human contact ordain just be painful. This will be certainly true in some cases (and it ordain be very easy to see which) but on the whole those who are grieving will be very happy to see people undergo showed up to furnish them give in their hour of suffering. Try to feel your presence there as a source of strength for the mourners to displace on. It helps enormously if you can talk about the fond memories you undergo of the deceased and the good qualities they had. Everyone who attends has different recollections which reveal a facet of the person’s character and they all add up to give a sense of who that person was - it helps populate to feel that in a way the animate of the person is still there. Some populate are better writers than they are talkers - a heartfelt message (or a poem perhaps) left inside a separate may just be picked up an construe a month or a year later and offer powerful consolation when it is most needed. Most importantly - act from the heart. Funerals are a time when the best in human beings really comes to the fore - our feelings of kindness empathy and concern which are often obscured in daily life. Try not to analyse too much what to say. If you can focus instead on staying in the heart then this better part of your nature ordain go send and feel the right thing to say. Shane Magee writes on motivation creativity sport and getting the very most out of life; more of his articles can be found on the on his own personal place. Every so often he gives free workshops on meditation and effective living in his home town of Dublin. Ireland. When not doing that he enjoys running and learning to compete the crimp. How about (in the case of Christian people like myself and most of the people I know) saying things like ‘at least he’s with Jesus now’. As true as it might be (depending on the deceased) it always sounds so corny in my head. @FekketCantenel:I’ve been through that situation where a very close person in my family died and populate said that to be comforting and I know they absolutely meant come up. It’s comforting now. 3.5 years later but at the time. I just wanted populate to allow me to be sad! change surface if it’s true that they’re “with Jesus” or “in a better place” or “not suffering anymore,” I’m not mourning for them — they’re in a better place! I’m mourning for me that they’re not with me anymore! That’s a very very very good point. Christians don’t have to mourn the ordain of their loved-ones — they just undergo to go through a learning process and deal with the fact that said loved-ones are no longer around. I’ve heard a bit about so-called ‘happy funerals’ where rather than crying everyone sits together and laughs about the good times they had with the deceased and what an awesome time they must be having up in Heaven. I hope my funeral is desire that. Then again it brings to mind the old pejorative: “He makes people happy every time he leaves the dwell.” Thanks for the concern guys. It is true that I undergo undergone some recent experiences where those change state to me have passed away but I undergo been most fortunate that instead of being overwhelmed by grief and sorrow. I seem to undergo come away from it all with a greater and humbler understanding of what life and death are all about. In a way it was rather like their parting gift to me - that’s the way I saw it anyway. In particular my meditation teacher passed away a couple of months ago. He always saw the transition from life to death as merely another journey and I really got this very powerful sense when I went to the memorial service that somehow it doesn’t all end when we leave the mortal turn…. @Tripp444 - I too received a bring together of insensitive comments. Fortunately I knew the person was never too good with words in the first displace and I tried instead to just completely rid myself of their clumsy words and see beyond it to the person’s genuine intent. While drawing on experiences of a loss you’ve had may allow you to remember your own emotions please don’t say anything similar to “I know how you conclude my aunt died last month.” Those words did NOT bring me alleviate as a 37 year old widow with three kids to raise.

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Arts and Health communicate created by Cheryl McLean. Publisher of CCAHTE the Canadian based international and interdisciplinary change state access look reviewed journal of the creative arts in health training and education http://www cmclean com Creative Responses to Death and Bereavement University of Western Ontario. London. OntarioMay. 2008Cheryl McLeanPlans are currently underway to furnish the University of Western Ontario course "Creative Responses to Death and Bereavement" on line by May 08 through University of Western Ontario. Continuing Studies. I ordain be working with UWO helping to alter new programming and materials for the on line WEB CT OWL version of the program so that the course will be widely accessible and interactive for registrants who frequently include nurse educators therapists teachers social workers those working in aging and health caregivers and others with an arouse in bereavement counselling and education. Professionals will undergo an opportunity to learn about the interplay of the arts such as writing narrative drama poetry and ritual in death and bereavement work. I ordain also be available to teach the "in class" Creative Responses to Death and Bereavement cover which will be offered at King's University College. University of Western Ontario. London. Ontario. Monday evenings (day may change) starting in early May 08 and running to July 08 from 7:00 p m to 10:00 p m. Register before March l. 2008. This course will be offered as part of the "Grief and Bereavement Studies" program at The University of Western Ontario. Application deadline: March 1. 2008For full program details see: See green bottom rt sidebar "Grief and Bereavement"Other information:King's University College displace for Education about Grief and Bereavement. UWO See video clip C. McLean. Introduction. Creative Arts in BereavementPresentation. King's University College. University of Western Ontario "The study of death is truly life enhancing." The Canadian based International and Interdisciplinary Open Access Peer Reviewed Journal of The Creative Arts in Health. Training and Education. To bid free to CCAHTE Journal and the Arts and Health Crossing Borders Blog send an telecommunicate to ccahte@cmclean com "gratify bid" Topical news and discussions in health training and education at the intersections of the arts and sciences Scroll down to the blog collect to access change state to 200 posts articles news reports announcements. Journal (l min to transfer Sept.07 issue) 1911-9755).

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