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GOOD GRIEF
Bereaved Adjust Well Without Airing Emotion "Mental-health workers have long theorized that it takes grueling emotional exertion to recover from the death of a loved one. So-called grief work, now the stock-in-trade of a growing number of grief counselors, entails confronting the reality of a loved one's demise and grappling with the harsh emotions triggered by that loss. Two new studies, however, knock grief work off its theoretical pedestal. Among bereaved spouses tracked for up to 2 years after their partners' death, those who often talked with others and briefly wrote in diaries about their emotions fared no better than their tight-lipped, unexpressive counterparts, according to psychologist Margaret Stroebe of Utrecht University in the Netherlands and her colleagues. In most cases, 'the bereaved have to cope with their loss in their own time and their own way,' the researchers conclude in the February 2002 issue of the _Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology_ (Stroebe M, Stroebe W, Schut H, Zech E, van den Bout J. Does disclosure of emotions facilitate recovery from bereavement? Evidence from two prospective studies. _J Consult Clin Psychol_. 2000;70:169-178). 'There was no evidence that talking about the loss with others and disclosing one's emotions facilitated [psychological] adjustment.' The new findings are consistent with evidence that psychotherapy benefits only the small proportion of bereaved individuals who suffer from severe, unrelenting yearning for a deceased person and seek out professional help. (_Science News_, January 14, 1995, page 22)... Other research suggests that grief work may do more harm than good if it fosters the expression of negative emotions, remarks psychologist George A. Bonanno of Columbia University." _Science News_. March 2, 2002;151:131-132 Noted by JFL, MD, PEDIATRICS Vol. 111 No. 5 May 2003, p. 955 |
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PF Riley quoted:
Two new studies, however, knock grief work off its theoretical pedestal. Among bereaved spouses tracked for up to 2 years after their partners' death, those who often talked with others and briefly wrote in diaries about their emotions fared no better than their tight-lipped, unexpressive counterparts, according to psychologist Margaret Stroebe of Utrecht University in the Netherlands and her colleagues. Another study discovering something my grandmother told me. She said that the only cure for grief was time. Wendy |
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"Wendy Marsden" wrote
Another study discovering something my grandmother told me. Some day the peds may learn as much as your grandmother knew. |
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On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 23:45:26 GMT, "Roger Schlafly"
wrote: "Wendy Marsden" wrote Another study discovering something my grandmother told me. Some day the peds may learn as much as your grandmother knew. Some day you will learn something useful instead of regurgitating, without even understanding, the bull**** your mother makes up, moron. PF |
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Roger Schlafly wrote:
"Wendy Marsden" wrote Another study discovering something my grandmother told me. Some day the peds may learn as much as your grandmother knew. Other things she told me that I saw "discovered" in studies: Chicken soup is good for a cold (she was Jewish). Circumcision hurts (so use anesthesia) (what, I SAID she was Jewish) Music lessons are good for your brain development (so we all started piano at age 5) Fish is "brain food". (So eat your lox and herring.) My favorite is what she told me as she was turning 90: "I've got congestive heart failure, but don't worry dear, it's not as bad as it sounds." She died in her sleep at age 90 with her daughter holding her hand. She had all her faculties until the end. She sure knew a lot. -- Wendy |
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