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Articles on Grief
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In a series of discussions with journalist Sean O'Hagan, we meet an older, reflective theologically-probing musician, drawn to the Christian qualities of mercy, atonement and forgiveness.
Losing a loved one in traumatic circumstances can lead to persistent grief that does not ease over time.
Research shows people can undergo transformational experiences when they grieve.
It is amorphous, intangible and difficult to articulate – but it’s worth trying to pin down what lies underneath expressions of grief for a lost monarch.
The death of the Queen may turn people’s minds to the loss of their own grandparents, or how the younger royals will cope.
Grieving the queen’s passing can be different to grieving the loss of someone we were close to. It’s also complicated by politics, colonialism and the contest about who she really was.
Grief is messy, surprising, revealing and honest at different times and all at once. Here, it is also funny.
The science tells us this is our last chance to avert planetary disaster. Accepting our feelings of intense loss – for ourselves and the Earth – can propel us into action, writes Joelle Gergis.
In men alone, the risk of being hospitalised due to suicidal behaviour one year after losing a parent was 218% greater than in people who hadn’t lost a parent.
An expert on grief says give people space and time to come to terms with loss and don’t expect them to need – or want – ‘closure.’
As late as 1970, only about 5% of Americans chose to be cremated. In 2020, more than 56% Americans opted for it.
Death creates grief and sometimes grief overwhelms good sense and creates greed leading to disputes. Making a will is the best way to smooth the process of transferring your estate once you die.
COVID-19 deaths tend to be more unexpected and traumatic than other types of deaths. A sociologist explains the mental health burdens facing the millions who’ve lost a relative to the coronavirus.
Terminally ill patients who seek an assisted death have no desire to end their life. Calling their decision ‘assisted suicide’ can have harmful consequences.
The pandemic has forced people to discover new ways of maintaining connection with one another and to consider their own mortality — obituaries played a part in making this easier.
We have also lost moments of shared empathy – a space for others to see people who are travelling the same path.
Designing a memorial that helps the community grieve and heal is no easy task.
People who are directly affected by mass shootings may develop PTSD and depression. But those who are indirectly exposed to these tragedies can also experience profound and long-lasting grief.
The Civil War – the second-most-deadly event in US history, just behind COVID-19 –contributed to lasting changes in how Americans care for the dead.
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Top contributors
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Reader in Education with Psychology and Centre for Death and Society, University of Bath
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Associate Professor, University of New England
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Honorary Research Fellow, Director of Bereavement Services Counselling & Mental Health Clinic, York St John University
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Lecturer in Sociology, Deputy Director of the Centre for Ageing and the Life Course, University of Liverpool
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Professor, Social Work, University of Waterloo
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Professor of Classical Studies, Brandeis University
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Professor and Chair of Urban Planning and Spatial Analysis, University of Southern California
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Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Wayne State University
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Associate Professor, School of Social Work, Lakehead University
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Associate Professor of Sociology, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Personal Chair, Literary Studies, Deakin University
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Professor Emeritus of Death Studies, University of Bath
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Lecturer, The Cairnmillar Institute Melbourne, La Trobe University
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Professor of Sociology, Drake University
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Emeritus Professor of Creative Writing, The University of Melbourne
