Thursday 23 October 2014

'Exposure therapy' helps patients with prolonged grief

By Katherine Doyle NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Adding one-on-one sessions focused on reliving the experience of losing a loved one to regular group therapy appears to help more patients with prolonged grief, according to a new study. Most people who lose a loved one feel stress, grieve and adapt over time. But seven to 10 percent of people get stuck in the grief phase and have persistent yearning for the deceased, difficulty in accepting the death, a sense of meaninglessness, bitterness about the death and difficulty in engaging in new activities, said lead author Richard A. ... via Health News Headlines - Yahoo News Read More Here..

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