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Shadow Into Light

Shadow Into Light. Creative intervention in bereavement. What help is available following bereavement?. Little from the National H ealth Service that is specific for bereaved people Waiting list locally for bereavement counselling was several months long.

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Shadow Into Light

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  1. Shadow Into Light Creative intervention in bereavement

  2. What help is available following bereavement? • Little from the National Health Service that is specific for bereaved people • Waiting list locally for bereavement counselling was several months long

  3. Physical and mental health problems that can follow bereavement • Increased rates of physical illness including heart attacks, strokes, cancer, accidents, suicide and infections • Increased risk of sleep problems, distress, depression, anxiety and other psychological symptoms • Increased risk of mortality for the bereaved person

  4. Funding came from • The Rayne Foundation, which aspires to understand and engage with the needs of UK society • The Quartet Community Foundation, an independent charity which funds projects that improve people’s lives across the West of England

  5. Shadow Into Light aimed to help people • Access unexpressed emotions using art and poetry • Articulate feelings about their grief • Develop new coping mechanisms and new skills • Build new supportive friendships

  6. Research/evaluation side of Shadow Into Light • Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale • Texas Revised Inventory of Grief • Completed by all participants before and at the end of the course, and again three months later

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