Implementing a Grief Support Program in a Black Church to Support the Mental Health Needs of People in Bereavement.

Psychiatr Serv

Department of Family Medicine and Community Health (Arnold) and Department of Psychiatry (Arnold, Mandell), Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (Mandell); Institute for Health Equity Research, Department of Population Health Sciences & Policy, and Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City (Hankerson).

Published: January 2025

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