Grief doesn’t move in straight lines. Understanding common psychological models can help you recognize where you are, and why ...

In a 2017 study of 771 bereaved that were 55 or older, around 25% of participants still experienced “persistent” grief after ...

(CNN) — When someone you love dies, the world as you’ve known it is totally upended. One way people cope, psychologist Sherry Cormier said, is by trying to find some sort of certainty. This need for ...

When a loved one dies, be it unexpectedly or after a long illness, the bereaved typically faces a challenge. "First of all, it's important to grasp the reality of the death and the need to accept it," ...

In 1969, psychiatrist and near-death studies pioneer Elisabeth Kübler-Ross defined what she called the five stages of grief in her book “On Death and Dying,” taken from her observations of terminally ...

When someone you love dies, the world as you’ve known it is totally upended. “In the actual book, she talked about more than five stages,” Kessler said. “Think about the context of 1969 — doctors and ...

Grief and psychology experts and academics have criticized the framework for not being thoroughly supported by research, suggesting that the bereaved move through grief sequentially or implying one ...