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Biographical Sketch
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Edward K. Rynearson, M.D.
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Medical Director |
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Violent Death Bereavement Society |
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Homicide Support Project |
| Education and Training |
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| Harvard University |
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1961 |
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| Western Reserve University |
MD |
1965 |
Medicine |
| Virginia Mason Clinic |
Internship |
1966 |
Medicine |
| Mayo Clinic |
Residency |
1971 |
Psychiatry |
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Research and Professional Experience
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| 1972 |
Founder, Section of Psychiatry, Virginia Mason Medical Center |
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Examiner, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology |
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Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, University of Washington |
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Distinguished Fellow, American Psychiatric Association |
| 1984 |
Fellow, Royal Australia-New Zealand College of Psychiatry |
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Fellow, The American College of Psychiatry |
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Selected Publications (grief related)
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1. Rynearson EK: Suicide internalized: An existential sequestrum. Am J Psych
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| 2. Rynearson EK, McCreery, J: Bereavement after homicide: A descriptive study. Am J Psych |
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November 1984; 141(11): pp.1452-1454. |
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3. Rynearson EK: A violent death in the family. Harvard Medical School Mental Health Letter |
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1985; 11(May):7. Abstracted. |
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4. Rynearson EK, Melson SJ: Short-term group psychotherapy. A successful approach to |
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functional complaints. Postgrad Med, November 1984; 76(7):141-150. |
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5. Rynearson EK: The owner/pet: Pathologic attachment, in: Kay WJ, Nieburg HA, Kutscher
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AH, Grey RN, Fudin CE (eds): Pet Loss and Human Bereavement, Chapter 18, November 1984, pp. 143-148. |
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6. Rynearson EK: People's relationships with pets. Physician & Patient, May 1984:11:7. |
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7. Rynearson EK: Psychological effects of unnatural dying on bereavement. Psychiatric |
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Annals, May 1986; 16(5):272-275. |
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8. Melson SJ, Rynearson EK: Short-term psychotherapy. Intensive group therapy for functional |
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illness. Psychiatric Annals, December 1986; 16(12):667-692. |
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9. Rynearson EK: Compulsive Caregivers: Reaction to Separation. Virginia Mason Clinic |
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Bulletin 41:123-128; 1987. |
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| 10. Rynearson EK: Bereavement after unnatural dying, in Zisook S (Ed): Advances in |
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Bereavement. American Psychiatric Press, 1987, pp. 77-93. |
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11. Rynearson EK: The psychotherapy of pathologic grief: Revisions and limitations. Psychiatric |
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Clin North Am September 1987; 10(3):487-499. |
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| 12. Rynearson EK: Homicide of a child, in: Ochberg FM (Ed): Post-Traumatic Therapy and |
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Victims of Violence. Brunner/Mazel Psychosocial Stress Series No. 11, 1988, pp. 213-224. |
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| 13. Rynearson EK: Pathologic grief. Psychiatric Update. The American College of |
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Psychiatrists, Vol. 10, 1990, pp.1-9. |
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| 14. Rynearson EK: Pathologic grief: The queen's croquet ground. Psychiatric Annals, June |
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1990: 20(6):295-303. |
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| 15. Rynearson EK: Pathologic grief: Does it exist and does it need treatment? Directions in |
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Psychiatry, June 1990; 10(13). |
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| 16. Rynearson EK, McCreery JM: Bereavement after homicide: A synergism of trauma and loss. |
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Am J Psych, February 1993; 150(2):258-261. |
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| 17. Rynearson EK, Purrington J, Sinnema C, Olson D: Support project for bereavement after |
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homicide. Bulletin Virginia Mason Clinic, Spring 1994; 48:33-41. |
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| 18. Rynearson EK: Psychotherapy of bereavement after homicide. Journal of Psychotherapy |
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Practice and Research, Fall 1994; 341-347. |
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| 19. Rynearson EK: Bereavement after homicide. A comparison of treatment seekers and |
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refusers. British Journal of Psychiatry April 1995; 166:507-510. |
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| 20. Rynearson EK: Bereavement. Book chapter, Primary Care of Women, First Edition. |
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Shelley Reinhardt (Ed), Appleton-Lange, Norwal, CT, 1995, pp. 108-111. |
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| 21. Rynearson EK: Psychotherapy of Bereavement after Homicide: Be Offensive. In Session: |
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Psychotherapy in Practice 1996;2:47-57. |
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| 22. Rynearson EK, Geoffrey R: Bereavement after homicide: Its assessment and treatment. Book |
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chapter 7, Traumatology of Grieving, Charles R. Figley (Ed), Brunner/Mazel, Philadelphia, PA, 1999, pp. 109-130. |
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| 23. Rynearson EK, Sinnema CS: Supportive group therapy for bereavement after homicide. In: |
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Group Treatment for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Blake D, Young BH, (Eds), 1999, pp. 137-147. |
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| 24. Rynearson EK, Favell J: Bereavement after violent dying. Primary Psychiatry 2002: 6: |
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47-51. |
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| 25. Rynearson EK, Favell J, Belluomini V, Gold R, Prigerson H: Bereavement Intervention with |
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Incarcerated Youths. In: Am. Acad. Child & Adolescent Psychiatry; Aug 2002: 41(8): 893-4. |
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| 26. Rynearson EK,Favell JL, Saindon C: Group Intervention for Bereavement after |
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Violent Death. Psychiatric Services 2002; 53(10): 1340 |
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| 27. Rynearson EK: The Narrative Labyrinth of Violent Dying. Death Studies 2005: 29: 351-360 |
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| 28. Rynearson EK, Johnson T, Correa F: The Horror and Helplessness of Violent Death. |
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In: When Professionals Weep. Katz R, Johnson T, (Eds), Routledge, 2006,
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| 29. Rynearson EK, Favell J, Belluomini V, Gold R, Prigerson H: Restorative Retelling with |
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Incarcerated Juveniles. In: Violent Dying: Resilience and Intervention beyond the Crisis. Taylor and Francis, New York, NY, 2006, pp 275-291. |
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| 30. Rynearson EK, Correa F, Favell J, Saindon C, Prigerson H: Restorative Retelling after |
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Violent Dying. In: Violent Dying: Resilience and Intervention beyond the Crisis.
Taylor and Francis, New York, NY, 2006, pp195-216.
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| 31. Salloum A, Rynearson EK: Family Resilience after Violent Death |
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In: Violent Dying: Resilience and Intervention beyond the Crisis.
Taylor and Francis, New York, NY, 2006, pp47-63.
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| 32. Gibson, L.E., Ruzek, J.I., Naturale, A.J., Watson, P.J., Bryant, R.A., Rynearson, T. |
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Interventions for individuals after mass violence and disaster: Recommendations from the roundtable on screening and assessment, outreach, and intervention for mental health and substance abuse needs following disasters and mass violence. Journal of Trauma Practice 2007: 5 (4): pp 1-28. |
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| 33. Rynearson, E.K., Care in the Context of Fear, Reflective Practice, 2008: 28: 151-3. |
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| 34. Rynearson, EK, The Picnic, Am. J. Psychiatry, 2009: 166: 855-6. |
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| 35. Rynearson, EK, The Clergy, the Clinician, and the Narrative of Violent Death, |
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Pastoral Psychology, 2010: 59: 171-190. |
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| 36. Rynearson, EK, Salloum, A.: Restorative Retelling: Revising the Narrative of Violent |
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Death. In: Grief and Bereavement in Contemporary Society Bridging Research and Practice. Routledge, New York, 2011, pp 177-188. |
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| 37. Rynearson, EK, Stroebe, M., Schut, H.: Complicated Grief after Violent Death: |
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Identification and Intervention, In: Complicated Grief: Scientific Foundations for Health Care Professionals. Routledge, New York, NY, 2012, pp 278-92. |
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| 38. Rynearson, EK: Invoking an Alliance with the Deceased after Violent Death, In: |
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Techniques of Grief Therapy, editor: Robert Neimeyer, Routledge, New York NY, 2012 pp 91-4. |
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| 39. Rynearson, EK, The Narrative Dynamics of Grief after Homicide, Omega, 2012: 65, #3, |
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pp. 239-249. |
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40. Saindon, C., Rheingold, A., Baddeley, J., Wallace, M., Brown, C. & Rynearson, E.K. |
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(2014). Restorative retelling for violent loss: An open clinical trial. Death Studies, 38, 252-258. DOI:10.1080/07481187.2013.78654 |
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41. Death Studies, 2015 Feb;39(2):84-91. doi: 10.1080/07481187.2014.893274. Epub 2014 |
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Oct 8.Death thoughts and images in treatment-seekers after violent loss. |
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42. Rheingold, A. A., Baddeley, J., Williams, J. L., Brown, C., Wallace, W. M., Correa, F., & |
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Rynearson, E.K. (2015). Resorative Retelling for violent death: An investigation of treatment effectiveness, influencing factors, and durability. Journal of Loss and Trauma. Advance online publication. doi:0.1080/15325024.2014.957602 |
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Books
Internet Site (Updated references on violent death bereavement)
Violent Death Bereavement Society – vdbs.org
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