by Michelle Meltzer | Mar 7, 2018 |
About Complicated Bereavement Disorder However, for some people, acute grief can gain a foothold and become a chronic, debilitating mental health condition that worsens over time, rather than gets better. This is called complicated grief (CG). Pre-existing mental...
by Michelle Meltzer | Mar 7, 2018 |
TED Talk: I got 99 problems … palsy is just one “I have cerebral palsy. I shake all the time,” Maysoon Zayid announces at the beginning of this exhilarating, hilarious talk. (Really, it’s hilarious.) “I’m like Shakira meets Muhammad...
by Michelle Meltzer | Mar 7, 2018 |
I Wasn’t Ready to Say Goodbye: Surviving, Coping and Healing After the Sudden Death of a Loved One Each year about eight million Americans suffer the death of someone close to them. Now for thse who face the challenges of sudden death, there is a hand to hold,...
by Michelle Meltzer | Mar 7, 2018 |
Dementia Grief – Part 3: The Three Stages This is the last of three articles in a series concerning the phenomenon known as “dementia grief”. Loved ones of dementia sufferers have to cope with two deaths – a significant loss of the person while living and...
by Michelle Meltzer | Mar 6, 2018 |
Homicide and Grief When a loved one is murdered, family and friends often experience symptoms of trauma along with the grieving process. Homicide is so sudden, unanticipated and violent that it often shakes the survivors’ sense of safety, control and trust in the...
