With the spectacular rise of US overdose deaths, bereavement for these affected families
has become a matter of increasing concern. Qualitative research has highlighted the role of …

Drug-related deaths (DRDs) are a major societal challenge. People who use drugs are at
particular risk of witnessing DRDs, and of losing people close to them to a DRD, and …

People bereaved by traumatic deaths are vulnerable to long-lasting impairments in social
health, including the quality of social relationships and the capacity to manage their social …

This study aims to broaden our knowledge of how professionals in municipal health and
welfare relate to bereaved persons during the acute phase of a drug-related death. A …

This paper explores the experience of posttraumatic growth in families who have lost a
family member to a drug-related death. Seven family units (17 participants) were …

Research has given limited attention to family and friends bereaved by a drug-overdose
death. To examine the ways in which stigma may uniquely impact the grieving processes of …

This article aims to contribute to the research-practice gap in bereavement care by exploring
Research Circles as a collaborative approach to implementation of research-based …

Objectives: Harms from opioid use and opioid-related overdose death have continued to rise
in Western Canada, constituting a public health emergency. While the presence of family …

Bereavement following drug-related losses is potentially traumatizing and may cause
adverse health outcomes. These bereaved experiences are unacknowledged and omitted in …

Purpose This study investigates how social categories work and intersect in siblings
bereaved by drug-related deaths'(DRDs) stories about their relationships to their deceased …