Offering Support to the Bereaved: What Not to Say
Suppose there is someone in your social network who has lost a loved one.
Craig Boyd Garner
Craig is an attorney and health care consultant, specializing in issues surrounding modern American health care and the ways it should be managed in its current climate of reform. Between 2002 and 2011, Craig was the Chief Executive Officer at Coast Plaza Hospital in Norwalk, California. He currently serves on the advisory board for the College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, Western University of Health Sciences, on the Board of Directors of the Los Angeles Opera, and the Board of Visitors of Seaver...
Positive Emotions: Do They Have a Role in the Grieving Process?
Research on grief has focused primarily on negative emotions, such as depression, anger, anxiety, and guilt. But what about positive emotions, such as gratitude, pride, hope, and love?
The Visitor
Aeschylus wrote: “What is there more kindly than the feeling between host and guest?”
Getting Through the Holidays: Advice from the Bereaved
The signs of the holiday season are ubiquitous: holiday decorations in the stores, piped in Christmas carols, holiday displays at the malls, TV programs focusing on selecting the perfect gift, holiday parties and gift exchanges at work.
A Special Emotion
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Dr. Nicholas Christakis, talks about the uniquely personal nature of grief.
Do We Recognize the Grief of Losing a Sibling?
We too often overlook the bond between siblings & the unique grief suffered when a brother or sister dies.
How Can Facebook Help the Bereaved?
As a psychologist I'm often asked about what I think of social media.
Randolph M. Nesse, M.D.
Dr. Nesse is a Professor of Psychiatry, a Professor of Psychology, a Research Professor at the Research Center for Group Dynamics at the Institute for Social Research, and Director of the Evolution and Human Adaptation Program. He conducts research on the evolutionary origins and functions of emotions. A central goal of his work is to understand how negative emotions are evolutionarily adaptive, and how natural selection shaped the mechanisms that “keep our emotions in check.”
Dr. Nesse is one of the founders of the field...