Date

1-9-2024

Department

School of Behavioral Sciences

Degree

Doctor of Education in Community Care and Counseling (EdD)

Chair

Laurel Shaler

Keywords

addiction, opioid, bereavement, grief trauma, secondary trauma

Disciplines

Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research | Psychology

Abstract

This research pairs past evaluation of aid for friends and families throughout the life of a loved one suffering opioid addiction and seeks to elicit the potential for further considerations for after-math care in the wake of overdose bereavement. Traumatic grief and secondary trauma in relation to individuals having suffered the loss of a loved one to opioid-related circumstances will be the framework focus to prove the need to engage a forgotten population of people. Considering the vast review of literature engaging the discussion of addiction as well as traumatic grief, this qualitative analysis takes on a newly woven perspective seeking to intentionally engage the parameters of need not currently sought in current research study. The author uses foundational discussion on both addiction and traumatic grief to develop applicable assessment exploration to bridge the gap for those suffering overdose bereavement. Lastly, this proposal illuminates current research articles that strongly suggest further education and immediacy of resources intervention development for survivors of opioid addiction. This research study collects, reviews, and unpacks the direction of grief trauma care for a specific population of bereaved laying foundation between gaps in literature and driving the continual pursuit of therapeutic practice with the momentum of this new qualitative research analysis.

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