Seeing the glass half full: optimistic expressive writing improves mental health among chronically stressed caregivers.

Does expressive writing reduce stress and improve health for family caregivers of older adults?

PURPOSE We examined whether written emotional disclosure reduces stress and improves health outcomes for family caregivers of physically frail and cognitively impaired older adults, as it has been shown to do for certain student and clinical populations. DESIGN AND METHODS Primary caregivers of older adults attending a day program were randomly assigned to expressive-writing (n = 14), time-ma...

Let’s Raise a Half-Full Glass to the Zombie NHS: A Response to Recent Commentaries

Randomised trial of expressive writing for distressed metastatic breast cancer patients.

Women with metastatic breast cancer and significant psychological distress (N = 87) were assigned randomly to engage in four home-based sessions of expressive writing or neutral writing. Women in the expressive writing group wrote about their deepest thoughts and feelings regarding their cancer, whereas women in the neutral writing group wrote about their daily activities in a factual manner. N...

The Effect of Grandchildren Care on Aspects of Physical and Mental Health among Caregivers’ Grandmothers

Introduction: Increasing longevity and having a healthy life has led grandparents to spend more years with their grandchildren and to play a major role in childcare. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of grandchildren care on aspects of physical and mental health between caregivers’ grandmothers in front of non- caregivers. Methods: This descriptive-analytical study was per...

Randomized controlled expressive writing pilot in individuals with Parkinson’s disease and their caregivers

BACKGROUND Individuals with Parkinson's disease (PD) and their caregivers are at risk for emotional distress and hypercortisolism. Expressive writing is an effective complementary intervention to ameliorate the psychological and physiological effects of chronic illness. This pilot study aimed to evaluate feasibility and preliminary effectiveness of an expressive writing intervention for individ...