Congratulations to all graduates at last night’s ceremony! Thrilled to be part of the journey. 🎉🥳💐🎓

About a year since this went live. Pleased it’s had 51K views!

Death Studies: Vol 48, No 5 out now! With articles on death education, compassionate universities, suicidal ideation, social support, gendered mourning, bereavement photography, suicide cognitions, natural disasters, and suicide prevention gatekeepers. tandfonline.com/toc/udst20/48/5

NEW PAPER! Thrilled to be part of this The Lancet Public Health viewpoint led by Wendy Lichtenthal from Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center. We call for investment in #bereavement care as a #PublicHealth priority and present a model to support grievers in sustainable and evidence-based ways. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Had fun today teaching #CurtinUni 3rd year medical students all about qualitative research - what it is (and isn't), its relevance to practice, how to optimise the quality of the research, and how to evaluate qualitative studies.

Check out this thorough and thoughtful review of my book (with Carrie Traher) on #child and #adolescent #grief - such lovely comments! All chapter contributors should be so proud. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

If you’re 13-17 years old, affected by grief, and in Australia (or you know someone who is), this online intervention is worth checking out!

OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying - Volume 89, Number 1, May 01, 2024 is out now! With 24 articles. journals.sagepub.com/toc/ome/89/1

Death Studies: Vol 48, No 6 is out now!! With 9 articles on preparedness for loss, suicidal ideation, support for counsellors affected by client suicide, young widows, bereavement and homelessness, attachment style and grief severity, and saying goodbye. tandfonline.com/toc/udst20/48/6

Death Studies: Vol 48, No 7 out now! With 10 articles and 1 book review on death-related personal names, suicide severity, place of death, continuing bonds, suicide postvention, companion animal death, and much more! tandfonline.com/toc/udst20/48/7

OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying Volume 89, Number 2 is out now, with 23 articles on funerals, suicide, palliative care, humour, disenfranchised grief, quality of life, death anxiety, continuing bonds, dual process model, rituals, miscarriage + more! journals.sagepub.com/toc/ome/89/2

Latest paper with fab team ⬇️ In 1878 bereaved Australians, two-thirds reported unmet support needs. Improving social support for bereavement is a major gap needing attention in practice, policy, and research. #GriefLiteracy #CompassionateCommunities journals.plos.org/plosone/articl…

Recent paper with fab team led by a recent graduate ⬇️ This study supports the robust finding of public #stigma toward people with #ProlongedGriefDisorder - these individuals need better bereavement support and care. #GriefLiteracy ⁦Jonathan Singer⁩ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00…

Death Studies Vol 48, No 8 out now! With 11 articles on bereaved children, pregnant widows, compassionate neighbourhoods, celebrity deaths, death education for children, digital memorialisation, fearlessness about death, grief rumination, and much more. tandfonline.com/toc/udst20/48/8

An excellent example of why we need #GriefLiteracy for everyone!

If you’re in Australia and have shared your grief experience online or chose not to, please consider participating in this study.

Congratulations to Dr Jessica Keeley who graduated with a #PhD from #CurtinUni on Friday. She worked with lived experience collaborators to study maltreatment of people with intellectual disability by a family member. Really important stuff and 2 publications already! 🎉💐

This week, we celebrated 60 years of #psychology at #CurtinUniversity. Over 100 current and former staff, and valued industry and community partners, joined in the celebration 🎉 Check out this video documenting the history. youtu.be/5Mr0mCIloaQ?si… via YouTube

Latest paper open access ⬇️ Nearly a quarter of Australian university students report a recent bereavement. Unis need to provide proactive grief support. It is likely that students who suffer the most didn’t participate/had left their studies. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Check out this video summary of my latest study about #griefliteracy for young people and find out what they believe is needed to create a world that recognises, validates, and supports their #grief. youtu.be/VgfxtuubvdE?si… via YouTube