Bereavement
Bereavement care, often an ‘afterthought,’ should be public health priority
Health care institutions and their staffs must take action to ensure bereavement care shifts from “an afterthought to a public health priority,” according to a position paper published in The Lancet Public Health.
Sibling death in childhood, early adulthood associated with risk for heart disease
The death of a sibling from any cause during childhood or early adulthood was associated with increased risks for overall or most type-specific CVDs, data from a Danish cohort show.
Family bereavement program for kids linked to less depression 15 years later
The prevalence of major depression was lower among bereaved children 15 years after participating in a family bereavement program compared with children who did not partake in the program, data showed.
Top news of July: Updates in cardiac xenotransplantation; bereavement and HF risk; and more
Healio and Cardiology Today have aggregated a list of the most-read cardiology news of July 2022.
Bereavement may increase HF mortality risk
The death of a close family member was associated with increased risk for death among people with HF, with risk highest during the first week after the loss, according to findings from a Swedish register-based study.
Bereavement over loss of child linked to increased stroke risk
Bereavement-related stress, particularly from the death of a child, may slightly increase risk for stroke, according to a bi-national, population-based cohort study published in Neurology.
DSM-5-TR to include prolonged grief disorder
Prolonged grief disorder will be included in the DSM-5-TR set to be released in March 2022.
Posttraumatic stress symptoms common among bereaved adults with prolonged grief disorder
Bereaved adults with prolonged grief disorder commonly experienced bereavement-related posttraumatic stress symptoms, according to study results published in Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.