By the hundreds, widows, widowers, parents, siblings and children - TopicsExpress

By the hundreds, widows, widowers, parents, siblings and children are sharing accounts of their grief as part of the largest study ever of Americas military families as they go through bereavement. About 2,000 people have participated over the past three years, and one-on-one interviews will continue through February. The federally funded project is being conducted by the Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress at the Maryland-based Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. The study is open to families of the more than 19,000 servicemembers from all branches of the military who have died on active duty since the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, regardless of whether the death resulted from combat, accident, illness, suicide or other causes. stripes/news/military-families-in-largest-ever-bereavement-study-share-insights-on-grief-1.321744