Module introduction

Welcome to this CPD Online module, Bereavement. We hope that you find it a rewarding learning experience.

 

Learning outcomes

 

On completion of this module, we hope that you will:

 

  • be able to identify, before or soon after bereavement, those at risk of poor psychological outcome and the interventions available or needed to reduce that risk;

 

  • gain confidence in discussing the causes of physical and psychological ill health and increased mortality associated with bereavement;

 

  • be able to explain the diagnosis, aetiology and treatment of prolonged grief disorder;

 

  • gain an understanding of the current theories of bereavement and its consequences.

 

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