My Grief My Way (MGMW)
@MyGriefMyWay
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My Grief My Way is a bereavement support resource based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). In development with thanks to Marie Curie research funding.
University of Edinburgh
Joined December 2023
Online interventions can widen access to acceptable, effective bereavement support and improve outcomes for bereaved people: @MarieCurieEOLC @BereavementNBA @CruseScotland @EdinUniHealth
https://t.co/Sbbo9ANpxL
journals.sagepub.com
Background: Grieving is a natural process, and many people adjust with support from family and friends. Around 40% of people would benefit from additional input...
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@A_Finucane @davidgillander @Lucy_Selman @EmilyHarrop10 @brooke_swash @DonnaWakefield_ & Anne Canny & Ally Pax Mair.
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Published today! Our final Marie Curie Better End of Life report. This is the largest nationally representative (England and Wales) post-bereavement survey since the 2015 VOICES survey. https://t.co/iDQlgLa8jj
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Good Grief is back in Weston-super-Mare! Please spread the word. Bookings via the link below, with more community events to come over the coming weeks https://t.co/C92kwsBGrv
superculture.org.uk
In venues across Weston-super-Mare, Thursday 10 to Sunday 13 October 2024
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Dignity in Care - learn from the best. @HMChochinov and Dr Lori Montross teaching Dignity in Care, a zoom-based three-day training. Sept 10, 17 & 23, 2024 Register for individual days or the full course while spots are still available. https://t.co/EofWDpZexd
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Delighted to see this, huge well done @CBNtweets - and would deliver one of the recommendations from @theUKCB too!
After 20 years of campaigning, we’re pleased to see grief education included in the draft #RSE guidance published today @educationgovuk Thanks to everyone who's championed this work with us - now we need better training & support for teachers delivering this vital content
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This Mental Health Awareness Week, we're reflecting on the mental health needs of people living with a terminal illness and those that support them in a new blog. Our researchers talk about different therapeutic approaches, and what support is needed: https://t.co/SeLwGxCcCU
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New grief project publication! Matthew Ratcliffe's 'On feeling unable to continue as oneself' in the European Journal of Philosophy: https://t.co/vfWdOQRm97.
#philosophyofemotion #grief
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"Why not eat the dead?" Some interesting topics at an upcoming free conference where philosophers tackle death and grief. Click thru for abstracts and registration @MichaelCholbi
Schedule announcement — Relating to Death, Relating to the Dead, 2-3 May We are pleased to announce the schedule for our upcoming philosophy conference at the University of Edinburgh with IAPDD @PhilDeathDying @MichaelCholbi Abstracts can be found here: https://t.co/PIEiaIzSd8
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Poster 55 #SPPCParade24 The Emotion Labyrinth @StColumbas @GiorgosTsiris @QMUniversity @jackies16631342 @EducationScot
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🌍In @TheLancetPH we call for shoring up #bereavement supports in institutions & communities to bolster #palliativecare & ensure non-abandonment of grievers➡️ See our transitional bereavement care model🔗: https://t.co/4gXK8hMJQr 🙏@wendylic @KaileyRoberts22 @GeriPalBlog @CSI_KCL
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@MainEvent24 webinar, 12.03.24, 12 noon GMT: "Mental health, the social determinants of dying and trauma-informed palliative care." With @DrNaomiRichards @DrEmmaCarduff @_RiniJones_ All welcome. Register for free here: https://t.co/sMcBVgnmQk Funded by @MarieCurieEOLC
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My Grief My Way: a development study of an online support package for coping with bereavement. Registered at #ISRCTN by @MyGriefMyWay @mariecurieuk @GrowingYourIdea @EdinUniHealth @A_Finucane @davidgillander
https://t.co/QTBmD0VldL
#ClinicalTrials
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939 people have signed up for our in conversation event @GoodGriefFest with @doctor_oxford on Thursday🤯 - Just a few spaces left if you would like to join us. #Breathtaking
https://t.co/spsqX6UYOK
goodgrieffest.com
We are delighted to welcome author and palliative care doctor Dr Rachel Clarke back to Good Grief, in conversation with Dr Lucy Selman. Rachel and Lucy will be talking about Breathtaking, Rachel’s...
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Check out our new paper on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for bereavement support. @NikolausWilli @davidgillander @MarieCurieEOLC
https://t.co/LIeyU7yOAO
bmcpalliatcare.biomedcentral.com
Background There is currently a high demand for bereavement support coupled with inconclusive findings as to the efficacy of existing approaches. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) aims to...
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Last year, I shared my experiences after my brother’s death. The tweet went viral & the response blew me away🙏🏽 This study is now open. If you are bereaved & ethnically diverse (not White British), please help us make things better for families like mine. @BereavementECfA
In 2020, my brother died unexpectedly. I tried to access bereavement services which met the cultural & religious needs of 3 generations of my devastated British Pakistani family, but hit a brick wall. We have been awarded £422,000 by @NIHRresearch to fix this
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How can healthcare professionals support #children affected by parental #LifeLimiting illness? Dr Steve Marshall led a qualitative interview study to find out and enabled the voices of children facing parental #berevement to be heard. Full article: https://t.co/FWxZsrFPAK
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Please follow our new study account for updates on the Equitable Bereavement Care for All study
Bereavement services aren’t reaching enough people from ethnically diverse communities. Our study aims to find ways to improve the bereavement experiences of people from all ethnicities.
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Obituary of Colin Murray Parkes, who made the study of grief and bereavement his life's work, via @guardian:
theguardian.com
Psychiatrist whose insights into bereavement were shaped by events such as the Aberfan disaster, the Rwanda genocide and 9/11
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New publication from Eklund et al. describing their My Grief self-help app for bereaved parents with prolonged grief. Parents found the app useful, helpful and would recommend it to others: https://t.co/dEzcHKx9Oj
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