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From pursuing joy without guilt to creating rituals to remember, there are ways to navigate the life after loss. 
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There's Big-D Depression, the clinical kind, and little-d depression, the passing mood kind. All of us experience little-d depression sometimes, but not necessarily Big-D.
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
For Anyone Who Has Said They Feel Depressed
Feeling depressed Please also review AIHCP's Grief Counseling program
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(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.)
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
Grief feels unbearable, disorienting and chaotic – a grief researcher and widow shares evidence-based ways to face the early days of loss
The great pain of grief Please also review AIHCP's Grief Counseling Program
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In today’s column, you will meet three women who are struggling with clinical depression. By looking at their lives, you will gain knowledge about depression: What it looks like, the three …
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
Three faces of depression revealed
Understanding depression Please also review AIHCP's Grief Counseling Program
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Introduction: Caregivers for people diagnosed with mental health disorders can be more susceptible to experiencing increased levels of fatigue, anxiety, depression, and overall stress due to the demanding role of caregiving. This can significantly impact the physical and mental health of the care provider. The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of anxiety, depression, and fatigue on quality of life in caregivers of individuals with mental health disorders.
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
Exploring the Impact of Anxiety, Depression and Fatigue on Quality of Life Among Caregivers of Individuals With Mental Health Disorders | Cureus
Caregivers face much anxiety and grief that filters into their life Please also review AIHCP's Grief Counseling Certification
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American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
Daily Dose - Fight Chronic Conditions by Addressing Depression
Fighting depression Please also review AIHCP's Grief Counseling Certification
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When talking with your loved ones about depression, try not to self-isolate, let people know how to best support you, and make sure to assert boundaries.
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
How to Talk with Friends and Family About Depression
Discussing depression with friends Please also review AIHCP's Grief Counseling Training
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It has been said that we grieve because we love. I said it myself in an essay a little ove
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
Of Grief and Love
Love and grief Please also review AIHCP's Grief Counseling Program
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Loss of a pet falls into what researchers call disenfranchised grief in which the pain is often minimized or discounted. Claudia Luna/iStock via Gett
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
The 3 worst things you can say after a pet dies, and what to say instead - Lake County News,California
What not to say to someone experiencing pet loss grief Please also review AIHCP's Pet Loss Grief Program
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A Danish study finds that intense, long-lasting grief could increase the risk of death up to 10 years after loss.
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
Grief doesn't just hurt — it may shorten your life: Study
How grief can affect life span Please also review AIHCP's Grief Counseling Program
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A new imaging study reveals that young adults with a higher genetic risk for depression show diminished brain activity when processing rewards and punishments. Using data from nearly 900 healthy twins and siblings, researchers found altered activation in brain regions linked to attention and decision-making—well before any symptoms of depression appeared.
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
Brain Reward Signals Blunted by Genetic Depression Risk
Genetics and depression Please also review AIHCP's Grief Counseling Training Program
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Relatives bereaved by natural death with high and sustained grief symptoms have higher mental health care use and mortality for up to 10 years after loss.
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
Mental Health Care Use, Mortality Rates Increased With Prolonged Grief
Prolonged grief and death of the griever Please also review AIHCP's Grief Counseling Training
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In recent weeks, our community has faced an unthinkable tragedy.
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
Acquainted With Grief: A Mother’s Perspective on Facing Loss - People Newspapers
Facing loss Please also review AIHCP's Grief Counseling Certification
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Cara Mearns-Thompson is clinical director and co-founder of The Grief Club of Minnesota, an organization that works to support grieving children and teens.
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
Counselor gives insight into healing from childhood grief, trauma
Dealing with childhood trauma and grief Please also review AIHCP's Child and Adolescent Grief Counseling Program
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Help from a therapist is an important tool for emotional healing after a miscarriage.
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
Beyond the silence: Love, grief and healig after a miscarriage
Miscarriage and loss Please also review AIHCP's Grief Counseling program
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Discover how Beth Bigler helps pet parents navigate the profound sorrow of losing a beloved animal companion. Pet parents make peace with the silence that follows a beloved companion’s departure
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
Dealing with grief: How do you say goodbye to your fur child?
Saying goodbye to your pet Please also review AIHCP's Pet Loss Grief Training
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In this conversation, Nate is joined by Stephen Jenkinson, a cultural activist and author on the topic of grief, loss, and dying, to discuss his extensive work on grief literacy and the shortcomings of the dominant cultural attitudes towards death.
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
The Forgotten Skills of Dying and Grieving Well: How Engaging with Loss Can Help Us Live More Fully
Understanding death and thanatology Please also review AIHCP's Pastoral Thanatology Program
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Does depression make us creative or do we use creativity to escape depression?
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
Depression Is Sometimes a Muse, Sometimes a Wall
Depression Is Sometimes a Muse, Sometimes a Wall Understanding depression Please also review AIHCP's Grief Counseling Program
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Poetry allows our hearts to hover in that mysterious realm that lies between life and death, to catch glimpses of our soul
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
Grief has always been my companion: poetry taught me how to live with it | Ali Hammoud | The Guardian
Learning to live and cope with grief Please also review AIHCP's Grief Counseling Training
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On grief and being the only survivor in your family in Gaza
Trauma, grief and survival Please also review AIHCP's Grief Counseling Program
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Grieving a loved one Please also review AIHCP's Grief Counseling Program
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Saturday Aug. 30 is National Grief Awareness Day. It's a day dedicated to open communication on loss and bereavement to raise awareness about the experience of grief and the grieving process, to provide resources and remind us to support those who we know are grieving.
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
Column: When grief is not normal –
When grief becomes pathological Please also review AIHCP's Grief Counseling Certification
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Grief isn't limited to losing a loved one. Therapists and researchers have discovered that people can harbor things to mourn that are hidden in plain sight.
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
Grief Isn't Only About Death
Grief is about multiple losses Please also review AIHCP's Grief Counseling Program
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Depression and cognitive problems are common in older adults and are often associated with social isolation. This study compared depression and cognit…
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
Association between depressive symptoms and cognitive performance in middle and older adults across digital divide - ScienceDirect
Please also review AIHCP's Grief Counseling Program
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For three benefits industry leaders who lost a loved one, calls to action included a need for advocacy, medical power of attorney and getting care wishes in writing.
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
Lessons benefit professionals learned from dealing with death and grief
Facing of end of life Please also review AIHCP's Pastoral Thanatology Program
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Living While Grieving: Navigating Life After Loss
Navigating loss while alive
Please also review AIHCP's Grief Counseling Certification