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ArticleThe American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry2026

A Walk With Grief: A Personal Narrative of Coping With the Death of a Same Sex Partner in Late Life.

Sarah T Stahl, Joelle Kincman, Katalin Szanto

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Article in The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Sarah T StahlDepartment of Psychiatry (STS, JK, KS), University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA. Electronic address: Sarah.Stahl@pitt.edu.
Joelle KincmanDepartment of Psychiatry (STS, JK, KS), University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.
Katalin SzantoDepartment of Psychiatry (STS, JK, KS), University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.

Funding

Risk and resilience to late-life suicidal ideation and behavior after spousal bereavement: Targeting social connectedness to strengthen circadian rhythmicityR01MH132114 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI Sarah T Stahl, Katalin Szanto · 2023 to 2026
$3.1M
NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH132114
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Grief is a complex and multifaceted process. While there is no reason to think that the grieving process would be dissimilar if an LGBTQ+ individual loses a partner than the grief of a heterosexual individual, they often receive and perceive less practical and emotional support, empathy and are treated unequally legally post loss. To date no studies have investigated whether this experience (disenfranchised loss) more likely leads to prolonged grief disorder or other mental health sequelae. This article describes aspects of disenfranchised grief, loneliness, and artificial intelligence for emotional support based on the personal experience of an older gay widower who was moderately depressed and lonely at the time of enrollment in a clinical trial for late-life bereavement and suicide risk.

Indexed as

Adaptation, PsychologicalGriefHomosexuality, MaleLonelinessWidowhoodAgedAged, 80 and overArtificial IntelligenceDepressionFemaleHumansMaleSocial SupportagingAI companionAI grief supportbereavementlate-lifestorytelling

Identifiers

PMID41087209
PMCPMC12740199

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