Joanne Cacciatore
Biographic Data
| ID | 122122 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joanne Cacciatore |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joanne |
| FAMILY NAME | Cacciatore |
| SIGNATURE | CACCIATORE J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Arizona State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5803-1211 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 48 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 117 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 48 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
The quiet, beautiful, intentional space to grieve and remember”
Finding solace with others is a key benefit of grief-focused care farming. • Connection with animals and nature aids healing from traumatic grief. • Care farming is a valuable community model for parents grieving child loss. • Intentionally designed grief-focused spaces promote emotional safety. This cross-sectional study explored the transformative potential of a care farm intervention for individuals facing traumatic grief, primarily the death …
Facebook and Perinatal Loss: Facebook Groups Use Among Parents from the U.S., France and Italy
Despite the widespread use of social media, little research exists on Facebook (FB) groups dedicated to perinatal loss as a form of online support for grieving parents. This study explores how such groups are used after perinatal loss and evaluates their psychological role for bereaved parents. We conducted a thematic analysis of posts from FB groups in the U.S. and France over one month; a third group from Italy was excluded due to insufficient …
I would feel misunderstood and diminished: ” Perceived helpfulness of a grief diagnosis among grievers
Prolonged Grief Disorder (PGD) was recently added to DSM-5-TR. However, concerns remain about its applicability in various bereaved subgroups. This study examined views toward a grief-related diagnosis among a sample of 755 bereaved adults that was diverse regarding relationship to the deceased and manner of death, with over half having lost a child and 36% meeting PGD criteria. Most were between the ages of 45 and 64 years. The majority (72.2%) …
Status Consumption as Coping With Fear of Death: The Mediating Role of Death Avoidance and the Moderating Role of Materialism
Individuals employ various coping mechanisms to deal with the fear of death. While materialism and status consumption are commonly recognized in the literature as such strategies, no study has yet empirically tested this premise. Accordingly, this study examined the mediating role of death avoidance in the link between the fear of death and death-related status consumption (DRSC). Data obtained from 346 participants were analyzed using structural…
I Don’t Feel Judged. I Just Feel Love”: Perceptions of Animals as Support for Grievers
This study explored the ways in which nonhuman animals were perceived to provide social support for grievers. A content analysis was conducted and four key qualities of nonhuman companion animals were identified: 1) presence, 2) continuity and purpose, 3) mutuality and connection, and 4) nature of response. Results suggest that people perceive animals to play an important role in providing emotional support through their presence and tactile expe…
Impairing Social Connectedness: The Dangers of Treating Grief With Naltrexone
A study is currently underway in the United States using the opioid antagonist naltrexone to treat prolonged grief, which is conceptualized in the study’s proposal as an addiction disorder. The researchers’ stated intention is to use the pharmaceutical agent to disrupt the griever’s capacity to engage in social bonding to eliminate craving for the person who died. We believe this approach is misguided for a number of reasons. It demeans the impor…
Exploring the Effects of the Human-Animal Relationship on Care-Farms in the Context of Trauma Histories
This qualitative study explored the effects of human–animal relationships on care-farms, with specific attention to the context of trauma histories. We questioned how the interpretative act and belief in identifying shared narratives of prior suffering could change how people relate to their own narratives of trauma and grief and to animals. Drawing on a study of grieving individuals’ experiences on a care-farm providing support and psychoeducati…
It Started After Trauma”: The Effects of Traumatic Grief on Sleep Paralysis
Adverse life events are associated with the often-terrifying REM sleep parasomnia of sleep paralysis (SP), but the impact of bereavement on SP has not been specifically examined. This exploratory, mixed-methods study ( N = 168) includes qualitative data from 55 participants who described factors they believed led to their SP. Of these, almost half with a traumatic loss listed death-related precipitants. In unadjusted (bivariate) negative binomial…
What is good grief support? Exploring the actors and actions in social support after traumatic grief
Social support seems to enhance wellbeing and health in many populations. Conversely, poor social support and loneliness are a social determinant of poor health outcomes and can adversely affect physical, emotional, and mental well-being. Social support is especially important in traumatic grief. However, the ways in which grieving individuals interpret and define social support is not well understood, and little is known about what specific beha…
An evolutionary approach to grief-related rumination: Construction and validation of the Bereavement Analytical Rumination Questionnaire
Perhaps something of beauty can grow: ” Experiences of Care Farming for Grief
Care farming has been used to alleviate distress and increase wellbeing in various populations. This study provides an overview of how bereaved adults ( N = 115) experienced a grief-specific care farm through a content analysis of open-ended survey questions. The care farm's nature spaces and interactions with animals emerged as important components of the experience, interacting with grief-related activities and experiences. Together, the spaces…
I grieve because I loved her: ” Bereaved parents’ perceptions of a mindfulness-based retreat
Mindfulness-based interventions have recently been applied to grief-related distress. However, little is known about how bereaved participants experience them. This study explored bereaved parents' experiences of a mindfulness-based grief retreat through semi-structured interviews with 19 participants. Interview transcripts were thematically analyzed to gain an understanding of how participants experienced the retreat and its perceived effect on …
What bereaved parents want health care providers to know when their babies are stillborn: A community-based participatory study
Both mothers and fathers feel that acknowledgement of their baby as an individual, their parenthood, and their enduring traumatic grief by healthcare providers are key elements required in the process of initiating immediate and ongoing care after the stillbirth of a baby
Evaluating care farming as a means to care for those in trauma and grief
The interrelationships between nature, health, and wellbeing are increasingly recognized and incorporated into therapeutic interventions. Care farming, the concept of utilizing agricultural places and practices for providing care, therapy, and rehabilitation, is a paradigmatic example of this shift. This mixed method study empirically evaluates the efficacy of care farming as an intervention for individuals affected by traumatic grief, a complex …
Effectiveness of a Mindfulness-Based Retreat on Distress and Well-Being in Bereaved Parents
Purpose: This study evaluated the effectiveness of a grief-focused mindfulness-based retreat on psychological distress (trauma, anxiety, and depression) and well-being (mindfulness and self-compassion) in bereaved parents. Method: A quasi-experimental design with two nonequivalent groups (intervention, comparison) and three observations was used. Results: Mixed-model repeated-measures analysis of variance showed significant reductions in distress…
Primary victims of the Sandy Hook Murders: “I usually cry when I say 26”
The Sandy Hook shootings caused emotional, relational, and physiological responses in victims. • Often, their well-being was compromised in favor of community, corporate, and government stakeholders. • Affected families guided their style of coping through various means. • Perception of social support was both positive and negative. • Helpful interactions obtained consent, promoted safety, and were sensitive to their needs. • Community and system…
Grieving Is Loving
As if Nothing Happened”: Experiences of Bereaved Parents in Romania
Prior research has found high levels of distress in parents who experience the death of a child; however, Romanian parents, whose experiences are influenced by the nation's shared historical trauma, have not been studied. This mixed-methods study found very high levels of distress in a sample of 237 bereaved parents in Romania, primarily women. Specifically, 89% of respondents scored above the clinical cutoff for trauma responses, 66% did so for …
From “Silent Birth” to Voices Heard: Volunteering, Meaning, and Posttraumatic Growth After Stillbirth
Volunteerism after stillbirth has not been adequately explored despite recent advances in research on volunteering after trauma and the voluminous research on posttraumatic growth (PTG). Previous research on PTG, “altruism born of suffering,” and constructivist theories of grief, meaning, and social narrative provide applicable frameworks. Parents ( N = 191) in the present study were assessed for self-reported growth factors with the Posttraumati…
Cultivating our humanity: A systematic review of care farming & traumatic grief
The Long Road to Farewell: The Needs of Families With Dying Children
Families of dying children are profoundly impacted by numerous interactions with health-care providers before, during, and after their child's death. However, there is a dearth of research on these families' direct, qualitative experiences with health-care providers. This study presents findings from interviews with 18 family members, predominantly parents, regarding their experiences with health-care providers during a child's terminal illness, …
Stillbirths: Economic and psychosocial consequences
From grief, guilt pain and stigma to hope and pride – a systematic review and meta-analysis of mixed-method research of the psychosocial impact of stillbirth
Adverse outcomes in bereaved mothers: The importance of household income and education
Intense and enduring psychological distress has been well-documented in numerous studies on bereaved parents including anxious, depressive, and traumatic stress symptoms. A state of poverty is also known to increase the risk of psychological distress in the general population, yet this variable has not yet been sufficiently evaluated in outcomes specifically for bereaved parents. This study is the first to investigate poverty, education, and pare…
The loss of self: The effect of miscarriage, stillbirth, and child death on maternal self-esteem
A child's death augments how grieving parents view the world, the family, and the self. Using a representative sample of women ages 25-45 who have ever given birth, we assessed whether miscarriage, stillbirth, and child death impact self-esteem and whether this loss is moderated by maternal identity. We found that stillbirth and child death, but not miscarriage, negatively impacted self-esteem. For those who experienced a loss, the impact on self…
A Risk and Resilience Perspective on Unaccompanied Refugee Minors
In the United States, unaccompanied refugee minors (URMs) are a diverse and extremely vulnerable group served by social workers about whom there is little research. URMs enter the United States from many lands without parents or kin, often having experienced war and other traumatic events. Using a risk and resilience framework, we summarize the research on URMs, illustrating the challenges and issues with a case study of a resilient Lost Boy from…
Attend: Toward a Mindfulness-Based Bereavement Care Model
Few, if any, mindfulness-based bereavement care models exist. The ATTEND (attunement, trust, touch, egalitarianism, nuance, and death education) model is an interdisciplinary paradigm for providers, including physicians, social workers, therapists, nursing staff and others. Using a case example to enhance the breadth and depth of understanding, this article focuses on attunement as a means to moderate the negative effects of traumatic bereavement…
Witness to Suffering: Mindfulness and Compassion Fatigue among Traumatic Bereavement Volunteers and Professionals
This study used a survey to investigate the relationship between mindfulness and compassion fatigue and compassion satisfaction among 41 volunteers and professionals at an agency serving the traumatically bereaved. Compassion fatigue comprises two aspects: secondary traumatic stress and burnout. Because prior research suggests that compassion satisfaction may protect against compassion fatigue, the authors hypothesized that (a) mindfulness would …
Parental Grief and Memento Mori Photography: Narrative, Meaning, Culture, and Context
Postmortem photography is a widespread practice in perinatal bereavement care, yet few studies have explored how it affects bereaved parents, or how it might be received by parents of older children. This study is an examination of the meaning, utility, and social context of postmortem photography in a sample of 181 bereaved parents. Data were subjected to both quantitative and qualitative analysis. Photographs were positively regarded by most pa…
An Exploration of Lesbian Maternal Bereavement
Research on parental bereavement has focused historically on single or partnered cross-gendered (heterosexual) bereaved parents. No previous studies have examined the unique experiences of same-gendered bereaved parents. This multiple-case study focused on child death in same-gendered-parent families. The goal of this study was to yield information that will expand the existing body of knowledge regarding parental bereavement and add to the scant…
Evaluating care farming as a means to care for those in trauma and grief
The interrelationships between nature, health, and wellbeing are increasingly recognized and incorporated into therapeutic interventions. Care farming, the concept of utilizing agricultural places and practices for providing care, therapy, and rehabilitation, is a paradigmatic example of this shift. This mixed method study empirically evaluates the efficacy of care farming as an intervention for individuals affected by traumatic grief, a complex …
The DSM-5 and the Bereavement Exclusion: A Call for Critical Evaluation
Journal Article The DSM-5 and the Bereavement Exclusion: A Call for Critical Evaluation Get access Kara Thieleman, Kara Thieleman e-mail: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Joanne Cacciatore Joanne Cacciatore Kara Thieleman, MSW, is a doctoral student, and Joanne Cacciatore, PhD, is assistant professor, School of Social Work, Arizona State University, 411 N Central Avenue, 822K, Phoeni…
When a Baby Dies: Ambiguity and Stillbirth
Stillbirth, or sudden intrauterine death, is in many ways an invisible death. A stillborn infant is one mature enough developmentally to have lived outside the womb but for some reason, or perhaps multiple reasons, was born dead. Stillborn infants are often demarcated from other types of child death and are rarely legitimized as a real loss. When a baby is stillborn, mothers, fathers, surviving siblings, and grandparents may struggle for years to…
From “Silent Birth” to Voices Heard: Volunteering, Meaning, and Posttraumatic Growth After Stillbirth
Volunteerism after stillbirth has not been adequately explored despite recent advances in research on volunteering after trauma and the voluminous research on posttraumatic growth (PTG). Previous research on PTG, “altruism born of suffering,” and constructivist theories of grief, meaning, and social narrative provide applicable frameworks. Parents ( N = 191) in the present study were assessed for self-reported growth factors with the Posttraumati…
The loss of self: The effect of miscarriage, stillbirth, and child death on maternal self-esteem
A child's death augments how grieving parents view the world, the family, and the self. Using a representative sample of women ages 25-45 who have ever given birth, we assessed whether miscarriage, stillbirth, and child death impact self-esteem and whether this loss is moderated by maternal identity. We found that stillbirth and child death, but not miscarriage, negatively impacted self-esteem. For those who experienced a loss, the impact on self…
Child Death in the United States: Productivity and the Economic Burden of Parental Grief
This article examines the economic consequences associated with the death of a child. The economic costs (funeral and medical expenses and productivity losses) of child death 6 months following the death were estimated based on 213 parents who had experienced the death of a child (usually unexpectedly and predominantly mothers). Findings suggest that productivity losses associated with child death comprise most of the costs and that the economic …
The effects of social support on maternal anxiety and depression after stillbirth
While most births result in a live baby, stillbirth (the birth of a dead baby) occurs in nearly 1 in 110 pregnancies. This study examined whether levels of maternal anxiety and depression are lower amongst mothers who received social support after stillbirth. Using non-probability sampling, data were collected from 769 mothers residing within the USA who experienced a stillbirth within the past 18 months and for whom we have complete data. The st…
When a Child Dies: A Critical Analysis of Grief-Related Controversies in DSM-5
The upcoming fifth edition of the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders has incited vociferous debate among academics, clinicians, and the general public. Two contested changes are eliminating the bereavement exclusion from the major depressive disorder diagnosis and creating a new category for intense and prolonged grief called persistent complex bereavement-related disorder. This article critic…
Personal Fear of Death and Grief in Bereaved Mothers
The study explored the relation of fear of death (Multidimensional Fear of Death Scale) to maternal grief (Perinatal Grief Scale-33) following miscarriage, stillbirth, neonatal death, or infant/child death. The 400 women participants were recruited from the website, e-mail lists, and parent groups of an organization that supports bereaved parents. Fear of death had a statistically significant relation with maternal grief. Fear of the Unknown, Fea…
Exploring the Effects of the Human-Animal Relationship on Care-Farms in the Context of Trauma Histories
This qualitative study explored the effects of human–animal relationships on care-farms, with specific attention to the context of trauma histories. We questioned how the interpretative act and belief in identifying shared narratives of prior suffering could change how people relate to their own narratives of trauma and grief and to animals. Drawing on a study of grieving individuals’ experiences on a care-farm providing support and psychoeducati…
Crisis Intervention by Social Workers in Fire Departments: An Innovative Role for Social Workers
This article describes a unique use of social workers as crisis response team (CRT) members in a nontraditional host setting, municipal fire departments in Arizona. The role of modern-day firefighters has changed dramatically and now includes responding to a wide variety of crises and emergencies other than fires, such as motor vehicle accidents, family abuse, suicides, mental health incidents, accidents, and shootings. These traumatic events can…
Stillbirth: A Sociopolitical Issue
Stillbirth occurs in approximately 1 out of 110 births in the United States, yet little is understood about this experience. Unexplained stillbirths are major contributors to the developed world's perinatal mortality, as only about half have an identifiable cause of death. Because stillbirths are unpredictable and thus unpreventable, given the current state of science, researchers have called for more uniform definitions, a stricter postmortem pr…
Impairing Social Connectedness: The Dangers of Treating Grief With Naltrexone
A study is currently underway in the United States using the opioid antagonist naltrexone to treat prolonged grief, which is conceptualized in the study’s proposal as an addiction disorder. The researchers’ stated intention is to use the pharmaceutical agent to disrupt the griever’s capacity to engage in social bonding to eliminate craving for the person who died. We believe this approach is misguided for a number of reasons. It demeans the impor…
Perhaps something of beauty can grow: ” Experiences of Care Farming for Grief
Care farming has been used to alleviate distress and increase wellbeing in various populations. This study provides an overview of how bereaved adults ( N = 115) experienced a grief-specific care farm through a content analysis of open-ended survey questions. The care farm's nature spaces and interactions with animals emerged as important components of the experience, interacting with grief-related activities and experiences. Together, the spaces…
I grieve because I loved her: ” Bereaved parents’ perceptions of a mindfulness-based retreat
Mindfulness-based interventions have recently been applied to grief-related distress. However, little is known about how bereaved participants experience them. This study explored bereaved parents' experiences of a mindfulness-based grief retreat through semi-structured interviews with 19 participants. Interview transcripts were thematically analyzed to gain an understanding of how participants experienced the retreat and its perceived effect on …
Prescribing of Psychiatric Medication to Bereaved Parents Following Perinatal/Neonatal Death: An Observational Study
To examine psychiatric prescribing in response to perinatal/neonatal death, we analyzed data from a cross-sectional survey of 235 bereaved parents participating in an online support community. Of the 88 respondents prescribed medication, antidepressants were most common (n = 70, 79.5%) followed by benzodiazepines/sleep aids (n = 18, 20.5%). Many prescriptions were written shortly after the death (32.2% within 48 hr, 43.7% within a week, and 74.7%…
Effects of Support Groups on Post Traumatic Stress Responses in Women Experiencing Stillbirth
This research study explores the effects of support groups on traumatic stress responses of women experiencing stillbirth. Women (N = 47) responded to a mixed method questionnaire. Quantitative results utilizing the Impact of Event Scale Revised demonstrate that women who attend support group, when controlling for time, had fewer post traumatic stress symptoms than did the women who did not attend support group. Qualitative results elucidate the …
Problematic Emotions and Maternal Grief
The study was an empirical examination of the relation of personality proneness to "problematic social emotions"--envy (Dispositional Envy Scale), jealousy (Interpersonal Jealousy Scale), and shame and guilt (Personal Feelings Questionnaire-2)--to maternal grief (Perinatal Grief Scale-33) following miscarriage, stillbirth, neonatal death, or infant/child death. The 441 women who participated in the study were enrolled from the Website, e-mail con…
The effects of social support on maternal anxiety and depression after stillbirth
While most births result in a live baby, stillbirth (the birth of a dead baby) occurs in nearly 1 in 110 pregnancies. This study examined whether levels of maternal anxiety and depression are lower amongst mothers who received social support after stillbirth. Using non-probability sampling, data were collected from 769 mothers residing within the USA who experienced a stillbirth within the past 18 months and for whom we have complete data. The st…
Stillbirth: A Sociopolitical Issue
Stillbirth occurs in approximately 1 out of 110 births in the United States, yet little is understood about this experience. Unexplained stillbirths are major contributors to the developed world's perinatal mortality, as only about half have an identifiable cause of death. Because stillbirths are unpredictable and thus unpreventable, given the current state of science, researchers have called for more uniform definitions, a stricter postmortem pr…
Personal Fear of Death and Grief in Bereaved Mothers
The study explored the relation of fear of death (Multidimensional Fear of Death Scale) to maternal grief (Perinatal Grief Scale-33) following miscarriage, stillbirth, neonatal death, or infant/child death. The 400 women participants were recruited from the website, e-mail lists, and parent groups of an organization that supports bereaved parents. Fear of death had a statistically significant relation with maternal grief. Fear of the Unknown, Fea…
When a Baby Dies: Ambiguity and Stillbirth
Stillbirth, or sudden intrauterine death, is in many ways an invisible death. A stillborn infant is one mature enough developmentally to have lived outside the womb but for some reason, or perhaps multiple reasons, was born dead. Stillborn infants are often demarcated from other types of child death and are rarely legitimized as a real loss. When a baby is stillborn, mothers, fathers, surviving siblings, and grandparents may struggle for years to…
The Silent Birth: A Feminist Perspective
Journal Article The Silent Birth: A Feminist Perspective Get access Joanne Cacciatore, PhD, MSW Joanne Cacciatore, PhD, MSW assistant professor Department of Social Work, Arizona State University, P.O. Box 37100, Phoenix, AZ 85069-7100; e-mail: [email protected]. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Social Work, Volume 54, Issue 1, January 2009, Pages 91–95, https://doi.org/10.1093/sw/54.1.91 Pub…
Coping with the Ultimate Deprivation: Narrative Themes in a Parental Bereavement Support Group
Support groups are often used to help individuals cope with challenging and unusual life circumstances through narration. Yet, little is known about specific meta-communication within a support group setting and in what ways these interactions may benefit participants. This study uncovers narrative themes that were expressed during a series of support group meetings specific to bereaved parents. Three central narratives were revealed in the analy…
Attend: Toward a Mindfulness-Based Bereavement Care Model
Few, if any, mindfulness-based bereavement care models exist. The ATTEND (attunement, trust, touch, egalitarianism, nuance, and death education) model is an interdisciplinary paradigm for providers, including physicians, social workers, therapists, nursing staff and others. Using a case example to enhance the breadth and depth of understanding, this article focuses on attunement as a means to moderate the negative effects of traumatic bereavement…
Crisis Intervention by Social Workers in Fire Departments: An Innovative Role for Social Workers
This article describes a unique use of social workers as crisis response team (CRT) members in a nontraditional host setting, municipal fire departments in Arizona. The role of modern-day firefighters has changed dramatically and now includes responding to a wide variety of crises and emergencies other than fires, such as motor vehicle accidents, family abuse, suicides, mental health incidents, accidents, and shootings. These traumatic events can…
An Exploration of Lesbian Maternal Bereavement
Research on parental bereavement has focused historically on single or partnered cross-gendered (heterosexual) bereaved parents. No previous studies have examined the unique experiences of same-gendered bereaved parents. This multiple-case study focused on child death in same-gendered-parent families. The goal of this study was to yield information that will expand the existing body of knowledge regarding parental bereavement and add to the scant…
Exploring the Increased Odds of Divorce Following Miscarriage or Stillbirth
We build on recent studies on the consequences of miscarriage and stillbirth for women to assess the (a) odds of divorce among women who experienced a loss compared to those who did not; and (b) fertility-specific characteristics that increase odds of divorce. Utilizing a nationally representative sample of 3,461 women who have ever been pregnant and married, we find that women who experienced miscarriage or stillbirth have greater odds of divorc…
Through the Touch of God: Child Death and Spiritual Sustenance in a Hutterian Colony
Nestled in more than 5,000 acres of farmland in rural South Dakota, one Hutterian colony flourishes with more than 23 families and a population of 115 people. Very little is known about the ways in which Hutterites experience traumatic infant and child death on the colony. No research studies to date have explored this topic. This is an ethnographic study that utilized extended observations of the group and both individual and group interviewing …
A Risk and Resilience Perspective on Unaccompanied Refugee Minors
In the United States, unaccompanied refugee minors (URMs) are a diverse and extremely vulnerable group served by social workers about whom there is little research. URMs enter the United States from many lands without parents or kin, often having experienced war and other traumatic events. Using a risk and resilience framework, we summarize the research on URMs, illustrating the challenges and issues with a case study of a resilient Lost Boy from…
When a Child Dies: A Critical Analysis of Grief-Related Controversies in DSM-5
The upcoming fifth edition of the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders has incited vociferous debate among academics, clinicians, and the general public. Two contested changes are eliminating the bereavement exclusion from the major depressive disorder diagnosis and creating a new category for intense and prolonged grief called persistent complex bereavement-related disorder. This article critic…
Parental Grief and Memento Mori Photography: Narrative, Meaning, Culture, and Context
Postmortem photography is a widespread practice in perinatal bereavement care, yet few studies have explored how it affects bereaved parents, or how it might be received by parents of older children. This study is an examination of the meaning, utility, and social context of postmortem photography in a sample of 181 bereaved parents. Data were subjected to both quantitative and qualitative analysis. Photographs were positively regarded by most pa…
The DSM-5 and the Bereavement Exclusion: A Call for Critical Evaluation
Journal Article The DSM-5 and the Bereavement Exclusion: A Call for Critical Evaluation Get access Kara Thieleman, Kara Thieleman e-mail: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Joanne Cacciatore Joanne Cacciatore Kara Thieleman, MSW, is a doctoral student, and Joanne Cacciatore, PhD, is assistant professor, School of Social Work, Arizona State University, 411 N Central Avenue, 822K, Phoeni…
Best practice in bereavement photography after perinatal death: Qualitative analysis with 104 parents
Parents overwhelmingly support postmortem bereavement photography when conducted sensitively, even if imperfectly executed. Providers significantly influence parents during their crises; mindful, patient-centered care with appropriate respect for difference is necessary. Providers must understand the importance of postmortem photographs to parents who have limited opportunity to capture memories of their child. Hospitals should provide education …
We Rise Out of the Cradle into the Grave: An Ethnographic Exploration of Ritual, Mourning, and Death on a Hutterite Colony
The Hutterites are a closed ethnoreligious community whose funeral traditions have remained unchanged for centuries. Few researchers have had the opportunity to study this unique group. This study is an ethnographic exploration into the experience of child death and ritual on a Hutterite colony utilizing participant-observation and interviewing. Three recurrent themes emerged: ritual/tradition, spirituality/faith, and social cohesion and integrat…
A Parent's Tears: Primary Results from the Traumatic Experiences and Resiliency Study
This study examined health/mental health status, family functioning, and resiliency among a sample of bereaved parents (N = 503). Participants were recruited from an online support community to complete an online survey instrument (response rate = 51.75%). The questionnaire contained an array of self-report instruments, such as the Hopkins Symptoms Checklist-25 (HSCL-25), the Impact of Event Scale-Revised (IES-R), and the Family Assessment Device…
Prescribing of Psychiatric Medication to Bereaved Parents Following Perinatal/Neonatal Death: An Observational Study
To examine psychiatric prescribing in response to perinatal/neonatal death, we analyzed data from a cross-sectional survey of 235 bereaved parents participating in an online support community. Of the 88 respondents prescribed medication, antidepressants were most common (n = 70, 79.5%) followed by benzodiazepines/sleep aids (n = 18, 20.5%). Many prescriptions were written shortly after the death (32.2% within 48 hr, 43.7% within a week, and 74.7%…
Child Death in the United States: Productivity and the Economic Burden of Parental Grief
This article examines the economic consequences associated with the death of a child. The economic costs (funeral and medical expenses and productivity losses) of child death 6 months following the death were estimated based on 213 parents who had experienced the death of a child (usually unexpectedly and predominantly mothers). Findings suggest that productivity losses associated with child death comprise most of the costs and that the economic …
Witness to Suffering: Mindfulness and Compassion Fatigue among Traumatic Bereavement Volunteers and Professionals
This study used a survey to investigate the relationship between mindfulness and compassion fatigue and compassion satisfaction among 41 volunteers and professionals at an agency serving the traumatically bereaved. Compassion fatigue comprises two aspects: secondary traumatic stress and burnout. Because prior research suggests that compassion satisfaction may protect against compassion fatigue, the authors hypothesized that (a) mindfulness would …
Stillbirths: Economic and psychosocial consequences
From grief, guilt pain and stigma to hope and pride – a systematic review and meta-analysis of mixed-method research of the psychosocial impact of stillbirth
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