In this Review, we look at the relation between bereavement and physical and mental health.
Although grief is not a disease and most people adjust without professional psychological …

Does the concept of a broken heart have some grounding in reality? Can grief affect the
body in ways that necessitate medical care and may even be life-threatening? Scholars from …

Explores whether differences in health risks after conjugal bereavement vary systematically
with the sex of the widowed spouse. A review of the literature shows that differences in the …

The Handbook of Bereavement Research provides a broad view of diverse contemporary
approaches to bereavement, examining both normal adaptation and complex manifestations …

In this state-of-the-art volume, leading international scholars and clinicians provide a
comprehensive and cross-disciplinary overview of how rigorous research on bereavement …

This article challenges the long-standing belief in the necessity of" grief work" for adjustment
to bereavement. Evidence is offered from a prospective study of 30 widows and 30 …

A longitudinal study of a matched sample of 60 recently widowed and 60 married men and
women tested predictions from stress and attachment theory regarding the role of social …

The loss of a marital partner results in substantial increases in morbidity and mortality among
both men and women, but the effects are relatively greater for widowers than for widows in …

Two longitudinal studies assessed whether disclosure of emotions facilitates recovery from
bereavement. Study 1 tested prospectively over a 2-year period whether the extent to which …

Bereavement is associated with increased risk of morbidity and mortality. How to protect the
bereaved against extreme suffering and lasting health impairment remains a central …