We are all indebted to Dr Elizabeth M Bryan for her contributions to our knowledge of the social and psychological effects of twinning and to Dr Manny Lewis for his studies of the need for mourning in relation to stillbirth -their latest joint paper (19 November, p 1327) being no exception. I wonder, however, whether they have sufficiently emphasised the conflict in a mother between mourning fo...

We are all indebted to Dr Elizabeth M Bryan for her contributions to our knowledge of the social and psychological effects of twinning and to Dr Manny Lewis for his studies of the need for mourning in relation to stillbirth -their latest joint paper (19 November, p 1327) being no exception. I wonder, however, whether they have sufficiently emphasised the conflict in a mother between mourning fo...

For nursing professionals, death is the greatest villain of their work since, in general, they are educated to take care of life only. The purpose of this study is to investigate how nursing professionals experience mourning when facing the death of hospitalized children/adolescents. Therefore, authors used a qualitative descriptive-exploratory research. Data were collected through interviews w...

Therapeutic leave-taking rituals are a short-term strategic form of mourning therapy. These rituals consist of three phases: a) preparatory-in which the therapist explains how performing a ritual might help in taking leave of the deceased; b) reorganization-in which the client carries out certain tasks, such as writing daily entries in a 'continuous letter' to the deceased; and c) finalization-...

There is rising interest in identifying precursors to bipolar disorder symptoms, including thought disorder. Thought disorder is identified in adults through self-report and in school-aged children through parent report and child story-telling. This study is an exploration to determine if preschoolers with mood dysregulation have evidence of disordered thoughts using a story-stem completion met...

Experimental studies are presented in this paper on the stability of structural steel props. Three full-scale prop specimens with various geometric properties were constructed and tested statically and elastically in the lab, in order to obtain the elastic strength of the props. The total unsupported length is 6 m for the three props. The outer and inner diameters are 150 mm and 140 mm, 138 mm ...