Aims: Overdoses contribute disproportionately to drug-related deaths (DRDs) in the UK, yet
little is known about the experiences and needs of those who are bereaved by such deaths …

Background and aims: Individuals bereaved after sudden and unexpected deaths can
benefit from professional help to cope after the loss, and the bereaved call for proactive …

Women who use drugs are stigmatized for their drug use behavior, which marginalizes them
from mainstream society. Stigmatization can be viewed as an attempt by social services to …

Background: Deaths associated with alcohol and/or drugs belong to a category of
'special'deaths due to three characteristics: traumatic circumstances of the death, stigma …

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 …

Background: It is estimated that approximately 41,000 children and young people
experience the death of a parent each year. Grief responses, such as anxiety and …

While there is a significant interdisciplinary and international literature available on death,
dying and bereavement, literature addressing responses to death is dominated by …

North America's overdose crisis is an urgent public health issue that has resulted in
thousands of deaths. As the crisis began to take hold across Canada in 2016, bereaved …

Purpose: This article develops immediate understandings of loss and grief at both an
individual and collective level following the first-wave of COVID-19 in the UK. This allows for …

Living with a partner with substance abuse problems may induce strains in an individual's
everyday life, including poor health, disrupted family life, and social isolation; this may lead …