Sources & Key Research — Grief & Loss

1. Lundorff M, et al. (2017). Prevalence of prolonged grief disorder in adult bereavement: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Affective Disorders. Fourteen studies of adults bereaved through non-violent deaths: about 9.8% were at risk of prolonged grief disorder. The studies varied a lot, so the authors advise caution. doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2017.01.030

2. Prigerson HG, et al. (2021). History and status of prolonged grief disorder as a psychiatric diagnosis. Annual Review of Clinical Psychology. Explains how prolonged grief disorder came to be recognised in ICD-11 and DSM-5-TR, with distressing, disabling longing that persists after a loss as its main feature. doi.org/10.1146/annurev-clinpsy-081219-093600

Healthdirect Australia. Grief and loss, including common reactions, waves of grief and when support may help. https://www.healthdirect.gov.au/healthy-living/emotional-wellbeing/grief-loss

Better Health Channel. Grief, including why it does not follow a predictable set of stages. https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/servicesandsupport/grief

• Psilocybin and distress in people with life-threatening cancer

• Psilocybin, cancer-related anxiety and attitudes towards death
• Reported psychedelic experiences after bereavement

Australia's PARTING trial for prolonged grief

• Griefline (part of SANE Australia): 1300 845 745. griefline.org.au

• StandBy Support After Suicide: 1300 727 247 (6am to 10pm, 7 days). lifeline.org.au/standby

• Red Nose Grief and Loss: 1300 308 307

• National Centre for Childhood Grief: 1300 654 556

• Australian Centre for Grief and Bereavement: 1800 642 066

• Lifeline: 13 11 14 (24/7)

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