Grief and bereavement
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- 1. Grief and Bereavement Dr Dheeraj Kattula Department of Psychiatry 8.7.16
- 2. • Break up with boy/girl friend • Lose scholarship after failing in an exam • Diagnosed of Schizophrenia • Childhood friend died in an RTA • Diagnosed of disseminated cancer
- 3. Definitions • GRIEF is the process of psychological, social & somatic reactions to the perception of loss • MOURNING is the cultural response to grief • BEREAVEMENT is the state of having suffered a loss. • GRIEF WORK is the work of dealing with grief, requiring the expenditure of physical and emotional energy
- 4. Stages of Grief • Denial • Anger • Bargaining • Depression • Acceptance. Dr Elizabeth Kubler Ross
- 5. Grieving is… • Active • Healing • Skilful • Social • Connective • Transformative
- 6. Issues • Mathew effect • Men vs women • Children • Elderly • Patterns of coping • Past grief • Other stressors • Culture, religion
- 7. Issues… • Unique nature of relationship • Role of person in family • Unfinished bussiness • Family function • Nature of death – Natural vs Accidental/Suicide – Acute vs Chronic • Lifestage of deceased
- 8. Issues… • Current social supports • Complications – Absent grief – Conflicted grief – Chronic grief – Psychiatric disturbances • Psychosis • Suicidality
- 9. Tasks of mourning • To accept the reality of the loss. • To experience the pain of grief. • To adjust to an environment in which the deceased is missing. • To withdraw emotional energy and reinvest it in other relationships
- 10. Grief counseling • Can begin before death • Listening Listening Listening • Give adequate time to grieve • Discuss spikes on anniversaries • Memorial service • Use of medication- Minimal
- 11. Summary • Grief is the process of psychological, social & somatic reactions to the perception of loss • It can make us resilient. • It makes us help others.