Grief, particularly the death of a spouse, can be medically risky due to stress and lack of support. — Whalespan
Grief, particularly the death of a spouse, can be medically risky due to stress and lack of support.
⚠ High risk
The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
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High-risk intervention — consult a physician before acting.Drug-drug interactions, dose-dependence, and screening contraindications apply.
“And we set up whole cultures around sending kids to college or sending them on a mission, or sending them through basic training as a way to get this whole cohort, you know, of young people through this transitional period. What we need is support for these individuals who are dealing with the death of a sibling or a parent or a spouse or a child, who are all going through it on their own and trying to figure it out, without that infrastructure to support them, to help them understand what is natural and normal during grieving. And because we know it is a medically risky time”