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One woman has devoted her life to supporting young people as they grieve, writes Julie Power.
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The idea that depression is caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain is more than half a century old. The reality is more complex.
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
What causes depression? What we know, don’t know and suspect
Understanding depression Please also review AIHCP's Grief Counseling Program
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New research on the "Reward Positivity" brain signal distinguishes between rewards and goals, offering a new way to measure and treat depression.
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
How the Brain Distinguishes Instant Treats from Long-Term Triumphs
Reactions to good things Please also review AIHCP's Grief Counseling Certification
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Advice from those who are grieving on what actually helps — and what hurts.
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
Advice From Those Who Are Grieving
Helping others with grief Please also review AIHCP's Grief Counseling Program
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Finding Hope and Healing This Spring | Discover ways to cope with grief, honor loved ones, and find support this season. Tharp Funeral Home & Crematory serves families in Lynchburg, Bedford, Madison Heights, Moneta and Roanoke.
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
Finding Hope and Healing: Coping with Grief as Spring Approaches
Coping with grief Please also review AIHCP's Grief Counseling Certification
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A study documents the profound emotional burden borne by caregivers of people with advanced chronic illnesses.
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
Grief Before the Loss
Understanding anticipatory grief Please also review AIHCP's Grief Counseling Program
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Pets often grow into far more than household animals. Over years, they become constant companions, emotional anchors and unmistakable members of the family. Their routines blend into daily life, their presence into family identity. When such a pet dies, the loss can leave a silence that is deeply felt across the household.
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
Pet cremation: The pain, grief and hard decisions when pawed loved ones die
Saying goodbye to a pet Please also review AIHCP's Pet Loss Grief Program
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1. In this systematic review and meta-analysis, psychotherapy was the most effective intervention, improving grief disorder symptoms, general grief, and depression compared with no treatment. 2. Expert-facilitated support groups reduced depression symptoms, though effects were inconsistent across studies. Evidence Rating Level: 1 (Excellent) Study Rundown: Various interventions exist to manage bereavement and grief, but evidence
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Helping others with grief Please also review AIHCP's Grief Counseling Certification
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For newly widowed clients, the question of whether to move or not is rarely just about real estate and finances. It’s about finding a sense of belonging, safety, and identity, and understanding how much emotional change one person can handle at a time.
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
Preventing Double Grief: A Relocation Guardrail for Widowed Clients - Articles - Advisor Perspectives
The multiple layers of secondary losses in grief Please also review AIHCP's Grief Counseling Program
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American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
The Mystery Behind Grief Attacks
When grief strikes Please also review AIHCP's Grief Counseling program
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Sharing first results from the Neurocognitive Signatures Predicting Risk of Recurrent Depression (NESPRED) study.
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
Understanding Vulnerability to Depression and Predicting Its Return
Understanding depression
Please also review AIHCP's Grief Counseling Program
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Losing a pet can be as painful as losing a loved one. Understanding the clinical relevance of this bond, even before loss occurs, can help inform more compassionate clinical work.
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
What Pet Loss Reveals About Attachment
Attachment and pet loss Please also review AIHCP's Pet Loss Grief Counseling Program
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Growing evidence suggests exercise can lift depression nearly as well as therapy, without a prescription.
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
This Simple Habit Could Ease Depression as Much as Therapy
Better habits against depression Please also review AIHCP's Grief Counseling Program
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Grief can inspire concrete acts of loyalty and generosity.
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
The hidden power of grief rituals
Grief and ritual Please also review AIHCP's Grief Counseling Program
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American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
Some Thoughts on Grief
Grief Please also review AIHCP's Grief Counseling Program
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Mourning a lost pet is something no one prepares you for, but it is something that becomes easier when you know how you want to honor them.
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
Honoring Your Lost Pet
Honoring Please also review AIHCP's Pet Loss Grief Counseling Program
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Individual psychotherapy can improve grief disorder, grief, and depression symptoms for bereaved or soon-to-be bereaved persons.
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
Psychotherapy Can Improve Grief Disorder for Bereaved Persons
Helping with grief and the power of psychotherapy Please also review AIHCP's Grief Counseling Program
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Everybody goes through grief, but how we each deal with those emotions sets us apart, writes Lamani Moore.
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
Holding Grief With the Will to Live
Living with loss and grief Please also review AIHCP's Grief Counseling Certification
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Personal Perspective: Life can be wonderful, if we can regulate anger before it regulates the mind.
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
We Need Positive Energy to Get Through Gloomy Times
Staying positive Please also review AIHCP's Grief Counseling Certification
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When a pet dies, your world can unravel as you lose your best friend and anchor in a shifting world.
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
Why grieving a pet can be as hard as grieving a person
The pain of losing a pet Please also review AIHCP's Pet Loss Grief Program
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Is light therapy an effective treatment for Seasonal Affective Disorder? Find out what the evidence says.
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
Light Therapy for Seasonal Depression: Does It Work? | Psychology Today Singapore
Season depression and light therapy Please also review AIHCP's Grief Counseling Certification
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Pet loss can trigger bereavement and grief similar in potency and form to human loss. Workplaces should provide acknowledgment, empathy, warmth and patience.
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
Whats Most Workplaces Get Wrong About Pet Loss
Minimizing pet loss is a mistake Please also review AIHCP's Pet Loss Grief Counseling Program
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When a dog dies, the grief can be overwhelming – yet many owners downplay their pain, worried it won’t be taken seriously. New research suggests they shouldn’t.
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
No, You’re Not Wrong To Grieve Your Dog Like Family – And Science Agrees
Grieving a dog Please also review AIHCP's Pet Loss Grief Counseling Program
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Grief has long been understood as a normal and healthy response to loss. However, over the past decade, American psychiatry has rebranded that time of New research finds most bereaved people reject psychiatric grief diagnoses, viewing grief as a normal expression of love rather than mental "illness."
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
Doing Harm: The Human Cost of Turning Mourning Into a Disorder
When grief goes wrong Please also review AIHCP's Grief Counseling Certification
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With fewer adverse effects and many benefits beyond depression treatment, exercise may be a better option than therapy or antidepressants.
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
Exercise for Depression: As Good as Therapy or Antidepressants
The importance of exercise to ease depression Please also review AIHCP's Grief Counseling Program
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Understanding grief is complicated. “An individual’s expression of grief is unique and influenced by many factors: their culture, temperament, age, supports, past experiences, context of the loss and so much more,” explains Erin Gallagher, physician and associate professor in the Department of Family Medicine. Grief can be described as coming in waves, a roller coaster [...]Rea
American Institute Health Care Professionals's insight:
https://healthsci.mcmaster.ca/understanding-grief-for-adults-teens-and-children/
Helping grief across the span of ages Please also review AIHCP's Grief Counseling Program
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Grieving children need healthy ways to respond to death. Grieving children should be treated openly and allowed to express themselves. It is when grieving children are prevented from allowing to mourn or express themselves that psychological maladies can develop that will affect them for the rest of their lives.
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