Grief After a Partner

The scent of a jacket in a closet. The sight of a favorite coffee brand on sale. For those in the first year of losing a partner, the world is a minefield of memory, and grief is an ambush. Society offers platitudes and expects a swift recovery, but science tells a different story. The death of a spouse registers as 100 life change units on the Holmes-Rahe scale-the absolute maximum stress a human...