Journal of Loss and Trauma
September 30, 2025
Ladan Pardeneshin, M. Nourian, Malihe Nasiri et al.
Abstract Anticipatory grief is an important psychological challenge affecting both maternal health and infant care quality. This study explored the impact of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) on anticipatory grief in mothers with infants in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Conducted as a semi-experimental study in 2023, 70 mothers of chronically ill infants hospitalized for at...
Journal of Loss and Trauma
June 1, 2025
Lindsey M. Knowles, Deanna M Kaplan, Melissa Flores et al.
Abstract Grief is a profound life stressor that impacts multiple psychological outcomes. Mind-body interventions like Mindfulness Training (MT) and Progressive Muscle Relaxation (PMR) show promise for addressing negative psychological sequelae of grief. The present study investigated the effects of MT and PMR on secondary outcomes of grief including depressive symptoms, negative and positive...
Journal of Loss and Trauma
September 5, 2023
Azeem Kaleem, Abel Jacobus Pienaar, Bushra Sultan et al.
Dear Editor,I thoroughly enjoyed the article published in the journal namely “Eternal Connection: An Exploratory Study of the Effects of Learning About Near-Death Experiences on Adult Grief.” The a...
Journal of Loss and Trauma
January 31, 2022
Josh Kaplan, Vanessa C Somohano, Ashley Eddy et al.
PTSD and depression represent major individual and societal burdens. Depression is commonly comorbid with PTSD among veterans, although buffers of this relationship are unclear. We evaluated whether facets of mindfulness moderated the relationship between PTSD and depression in veterans with PTSD (N = 70). Three facets - nonjudging, acting with awareness, and nonreactivity - were assessed as...
Journal of Loss and Trauma
January 2, 2018
Elisabeth Lowenstein
2 citations
In this paper, the author, who is a single mother of a young man with mental illness, describes her son’s first psychotic break. By melding poetry, prose, dream journal entries, and medical case notes, she explores the embodied experience of witnessing her son’s decompensation. In sharing her story, she reminds other caregivers of people with mental illness that they are not alone. She makes...