Grief

In an updated clinical report, the AAP offered guidance for pediatricians on how to address grief in young patients.

Health care institutions and their staffs must take action to ensure bereavement care shifts from “an afterthought to a public health priority,” according to a position paper published in The Lancet Public Health.

NEW YORK — Grief is a common experience that is not discussed often enough, journalist and political commentator Anderson Cooper said during the opening session of the American Psychiatric Association annual meeting.

Women who experienced the death of a partner or older child during or around the time of pregnancy were more likely to have offspring who developed HF by midlife, Danish and Swedish register data show.

Veterans with prolonged grief disorder had greater odds of also having PTSD, major depressive disorder, generalized anxiety and suicidal thoughts and behaviors, according to data published in the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry.

LAS VEGAS— Grief, and particularly prolonged grief, can rewire the brain, but engaging in therapy, healthy habits and support systems can restore connections and aid the healing process, according to a speaker at BRAINWeek 2022.

A three-step support strategy significantly reduced prolonged grief symptoms among relatives of patients dying in the ICU, according to results of a cluster randomized trial published in The Lancet.

Prolonged grief disorder will be included in the DSM-5-TR set to be released in March 2022.

Additional support and flexibility in academia following a loss can foster recovery and may help reduce burnout among health care professionals, according to an opinion piece published in JAMA.

Bereaved adults with prolonged grief disorder commonly experienced bereavement-related posttraumatic stress symptoms, according to study results published in Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.