Recent publications by IWG members:
Carl B. Becker, PhD, DLitt
Becker, CB, Taniyama, Y., Kondo-Arita, M., Yamada, S., Yamamoto, K. How Grief, Funerals, and Poverty Affect Bereaved Health, Productivity, and Medical Dependence in Japan. OMEGA – Journal of Death and Dying. 2020.8 DOI: 10.1177/0030222820947573
Becker CB, Taniyama Y, Kondo-Arita M, Sasaki N, Yamada S, Yamamoto K. (2021) Unexplored Costs of Bereavement Grief in Japan: Patterns of Increased Use of Medical, Pharmaceutical, and Financial Services. OMEGA – Journal of Death and Dying. 2021; 83 (1): 142-156. doi:10.1177/0030222821992193
Becker CB, Taniyama Y, Sasaki N, Kondo-Arita M, Yamada S, Yamamoto K. Evaluations of Funerals and Health Trajectories in the Second Year After Bereavement—The Ongoing Japan National Survey. OMEGA – Journal of Death and Dying. 2021; 83 (1): 142-156. doi.org/10.1177/00302228221121494
Becker CB, Taniyama Y, Sasaki N, Kondo-Arita M, Yamada S, Yamamoto K. (2022) Identifying Bereaved Grievers with Greatest Medical or Social Service Needs in Japan. Family Medicine and Community Health, 2022; 10 (1) http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/fmch-2021-001260 1-9
Becker CB, Taniyama Y, Sasaki N, Kondo-Arita M, Yamada S, Yamamoto K. (2022) Mourners’ Dissatisfaction with Funerals May Influence Their Subsequent Medical/Welfare Expenses—A Nationwide Survey in Japan. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(1):486. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19010486 1-12
Becker CB, Taniyama Y, Sasaki N, Kondo-Arita M, Yamada S, Yamamoto K. (2022) How Funerals Mediate the Psycho-social Impact of Grief: Qualitative Analysis of Open-ended Responses to a National Survey in Japan. Social Science and Medicine—Mental Health, 2; December 2022, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmmh.2022.100169 1-9
Becker, CB, Taniyama, Y, Sasaki, N, Kondo-Arita, M, Yamada, S, & Yamamoto, K. (2022) Ten Years After—A Follow-up Survey on Continuing Daily Symptoms of Grief and Medical Costs in Japan, Journal of Affective Disorders Reports, 10, 100443, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadr.2022.100443. 1-6
Becker, CB, Taniyama, Y, Sasaki, N, Kondo-Arita, M, Yamada, S, & Yamamoto, K. (2022). Evaluations of Funerals and Health Trajectories in the Second Year After Bereavement: The Ongoing Japan National Survey. OMEGA – Journal of Death and Dying, 2022, 84 (0). https://doi.org/10.1177/00302228221121494 1-12
Becker, CB. (2023). Utilizing the spirituality of funeral rituals for post-pandemic grief recovery. Frontiers in Psychology, 2022, 13 (0) https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1040482 1-5.
Kondo-Arita, M, & Becker, CB. (2023). Changing Funerals and Their Effects on Bereavement Grief in Japan. OMEGA – Journal of Death and Dying, 2023, 86 (0). https://doi.org/10.1177/00302228231158914
Lauren J. Breen, Daisuke Kawashima, Karima Joy, Susan Cadell, David Roth, Amy Chow & Mary Ellen Macdonald
Lauren J. Breen, Daisuke Kawashima, Karima Joy, Susan Cadell, David Roth, Amy Chow & Mary Ellen Macdonald (2022) Grief literacy: A call to action for compassionate communities, Death Studies, 46:2, 425-433, DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2020.1739780
Stephen Connor
Recent major presentations by IWG members:
Lauren Breen
Six myths about grief to bust for yourself, and your loved ones at TEDxYouth@KingsPark
Six myths about grief to bust for yourself, and your loved ones