complicated grief

Explore "complicated grief" with insightful episodes like "How grieving changes the brain, with Mary-Frances O’Connor, PhD" and "What happens in our brain when we grieve — and how it helps us stay afloat" from podcasts like ""Speaking of Psychology" and "Life Kit"" and more!

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How grieving changes the brain, with Mary-Frances O’Connor, PhD

Few of us will make it through life without losing someone we love. Mary-Frances O’Connor, PhD, of the University of Arizona, discusses howneuroscience can help us to better understand grief and resilience after loss, why grief is different from depression, effective therapy for grief, whether it’s possible to experience grief over the death of a celebrity, and how to support people when they are grieving.

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Speaking of Psychology

enMarch 30, 2022

What happens in our brain when we grieve — and how it helps us stay afloat

When we lose a loved one, it can feel like we've lost a part of ourselves. And for good reason, our brains are learning how to live in this world without someone we care about in it. In this episode, psychologist Mary-Frances O'Connor explains what happens in our brain when we experience grief. (A version of this episode originally aired on NPR's Short Wave.)

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Life Kit

en-usDecember 18, 2021

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complicated grief

Episodes (2)

How grieving changes the brain, with Mary-Frances O’Connor, PhD

What happens in our brain when we grieve — and how it helps us stay afloat