Julia Rush's diary: coping with loss in the early nineteenth century.
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Thielman, SB; Melges, FT
Published in: Am J Psychiatry
September 1986
Julia Rush (1759-1848), wife of Benjamin Rush (1745-1813), recorded her thoughts over a 33-year period in an unpublished devotional journal. Many of the entries relate to her experience of the loss of Benjamin Rush. Although the diary is inadequate as a source of understanding psychodynamic processes at work, it provides considerable information about Julia Rush's coping behavior. An analysis of this journal reveals that she used three major coping strategies to deal with the loss of her husband: ritualized language, time marking, and cognitive reframing. These devotional meditations also illuminate the way early nineteenth-century religious views shaped Julia Rush's response to loss.
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Am J Psychiatry
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ISSN
0002-953X
Publication Date
September 1986
Volume
143
Issue
9
Start / End Page
1144 / 1148
Location
United States
Related Subject Headings
- United States
- Single Person
- Religion and Psychology
- Psychiatry
- Psychiatry
- History, 19th Century
- History, 18th Century
- Grief
- Christianity
- Adaptation, Psychological
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Thielman, S. B., & Melges, F. T. (1986). Julia Rush's diary: coping with loss in the early nineteenth century. Am J Psychiatry, 143(9), 1144–1148. https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.143.9.1144
Thielman, S. B., and F. T. Melges. “Julia Rush's diary: coping with loss in the early nineteenth century.” Am J Psychiatry 143, no. 9 (September 1986): 1144–48. https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.143.9.1144.
Thielman SB, Melges FT. Julia Rush's diary: coping with loss in the early nineteenth century. Am J Psychiatry. 1986 Sep;143(9):1144–8.
Thielman, S. B., and F. T. Melges. “Julia Rush's diary: coping with loss in the early nineteenth century.” Am J Psychiatry, vol. 143, no. 9, Sept. 1986, pp. 1144–48. Pubmed, doi:10.1176/ajp.143.9.1144.
Thielman SB, Melges FT. Julia Rush's diary: coping with loss in the early nineteenth century. Am J Psychiatry. 1986 Sep;143(9):1144–1148.
Published In
Am J Psychiatry
DOI
ISSN
0002-953X
Publication Date
September 1986
Volume
143
Issue
9
Start / End Page
1144 / 1148
Location
United States
Related Subject Headings
- United States
- Single Person
- Religion and Psychology
- Psychiatry
- Psychiatry
- History, 19th Century
- History, 18th Century
- Grief
- Christianity
- Adaptation, Psychological