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When a sibling dies, the world changes in a heartbeat. When such a loss occurs, others often fail to recognize that the surviving sibling faces emotional battles on many fronts while working through the loss. Largely ignored, surviving siblings are…

Traumatic stress is contagious. You can catch it from your mate. This has important implications for first-responder families. Mouse studies suggest that males and females distress differently. Female mice destress in the company of an unstressed mouse. Males do not….

KEY POINTS Police officers are twice as likely to kill themselves as to be killed in the line of duty. To prevent someone from killing themselves, don’t mince words. Two crucial ways to intervene with a suicidal officer are to…

Knowing the difference between trauma and tragedy can strengthen a first responder emotionally and minimize the effect of trauma. Maturing as a first responder requires accepting your limitations and knowing what you can and can’t control about the world. Gratitude…

First-responder work is taxing for the individual and their family. Successful treatment of first responders in crisis requires a multidisciplinary team of peers, chaplains, and culturally competent clinicians. A residential retreat is one approach to keeping first responders and their…

Ellen is a clinical psychologist specializing in police and public safety psychology. She is the author of three non-fiction books, and a semi-autobiographical mystery series told from the perspective of police psychologist Dr. Dot Meyerhoff, who is too dedicated for…

Nothing worth doing is easy—and that includes loving a cop. Being a member of the law enforcement community is a source of pride for officers and families alike. It can also be a source of worry.  Separating fact from myth,…

Hailed by Stephen Colbert and Mindy Kaling, this wise, irreverent collection of essays offers a roadmap for navigating grief in the modern age.

Stay connected to your person, yourself, and the world in the aftermath of loss. THE MODERN LOSS HANDBOOK is a tool in which to try out new ideas, confide, think things through, remember, mess up, and try again.