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                                                    <title><![CDATA[Harvard Health Posts by Barbara Okun, PhD Feed]]></title>
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                                <subtitle>Harvard Health Blog: You'll find posts from Harvard Medical School physicians and our editors on a variety of health news and issues.</subtitle>
                                                    <updated>2012-03-21T10:30:00-04:00</updated>
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            <title><![CDATA[Can grief morph into depression?]]></title>
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                    <name><![CDATA[Barbara Okun, PhD]]></name>
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                <![CDATA[Grief and depression can seem similar on the surface, but one key difference is that people suffering from depression tend to be isolated, and are more likely shun the support from others that typically accompanies the experience of losing a loved one.]]>
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                        <updated>2012-03-21T10:30:00-04:00</updated>
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            <entry>
            <title><![CDATA[End-of-life planning makes it easier to say goodbye]]></title>
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                    <name><![CDATA[Barbara Okun, PhD]]></name>
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                <![CDATA[Saying goodbye as the end of life approaches can be difficult, even for someone like writer Joyce Carol Oates. Her recent essay in The New Yorker about the impending death of her husband highlights the need for each of us to think about death and dying &mdash; and discuss them with loved ones &mdash; long before they become a likelihood.]]>
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                        <category term="Social engagement and relationships" />
                        <category term="Advance care planning" />
                        <updated>2011-01-22T10:30:00-05:00</updated>
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