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Fatigue, headaches, stomach pain, and a higher risk of heart disease: Although these things may not make you think of grief at first, many people who have a significant loss get these and other physical symptoms.
Hop in the car to meet your lover for dinner and a flood of dopamine-; the same hormone underlying cravings for sugar, nicotine and cocaine -; likely infuses your brain's reward center, motivating you to brave the traffic to keep that unique bond alive.
A new study of a small native North American rodent – that might break your heart – has shown that the neurotransmitter dopamine plays a crucial role in in keeping the love alive in intimate relationships.
<p><a href="https://journals.lww.com/hrpjournal/fulltext/2024/01000/on_the_classification_and_reporting_of_prolonged.2.aspx" target="_blank">Proper procedures for diagnosing prolonged grief disorder (PGD) are not being followed in research into its prevalence,</a> according to a study published in<em> <a href="https://journals.lww.com/hrpjournal/pages/default.aspx" target="_blank">Harvard Review of Psychiatry</a>,</em> part of the Lippincott portfolio from <a href="http://www.wolterskluwer.com/&q...
A trauma-informed therapist discusses how grief affects the brain and highlights the role of a sixth stage of grief – finding meaning – in the healing process.