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==Coping with Grief== | ==Coping with Grief== | ||
Coping with grief is different for everyone and depends on the person's personality, coping style, life experience, and their faith or spirituality. The process of bereavement includes [[coping mechanisms]] to help the individual through the loss. | Coping with grief is different for everyone and depends on the person's personality, coping style, life experience, and their faith or spirituality. The process of bereavement includes [[coping mechanisms]] to help the individual through the loss. | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
* [[Bereavement]] | * [[Bereavement]] | ||
* [[Coping mechanisms]] | * [[Coping mechanisms]] | ||
* [[Five Stages of Grief]] | * [[Five Stages of Grief]] | ||
[[Category:Psychology]] | [[Category:Psychology]] | ||
[[Category:Emotions]] | [[Category:Emotions]] | ||
[[Category:Death]] | [[Category:Death]] | ||
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| Synonyms | N/A |
| Pronounce | N/A |
| Specialty | N/A |
| Symptoms | Sadness, anger, guilt, anxiety, loneliness, fatigue, helplessness, shock, yearning |
| Complications | Depression, anxiety disorder, substance abuse |
| Onset | Immediately after a loss |
| Duration | Varies; can be weeks, months, or longer |
| Types | Anticipatory grief, normal grief, complicated grief, disenfranchised grief |
| Causes | Death of a loved one, divorce, loss of a job, end of a relationship, loss of a pet |
| Risks | Previous mental health issues, lack of social support, multiple losses |
| Diagnosis | Based on clinical assessment |
| Differential diagnosis | Major depressive disorder, adjustment disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder |
| Prevention | N/A |
| Treatment | Psychotherapy, support groups, medication |
| Medication | N/A |
| Prognosis | Generally improves over time with support |
| Frequency | Universal; affects all humans at some point |
| Deaths | N/A |
Grief is a multifaceted response to loss, particularly to the loss of someone or something that has died, to which a bond or affection was formed. Although conventionally focused on the emotional response to loss, it also has physical, cognitive, behavioral, social, cultural, spiritual and philosophical dimensions.
Definition[edit]
While the terms are often used interchangeably, bereavement refers to the state of loss, and grief is the reaction to loss. Grief is a natural response to loss. It is the emotional suffering one feels when something or someone the individual loves is taken away. The grief associated with death is familiar to most people, but individuals grieve in connection with a variety of losses throughout their lives, such as unemployment, ill health or the end of a relationship. Loss can be categorized as either physical or abstract, the physical loss being related to something that the individual can touch or measure, such as losing a spouse through death, while other types of loss are abstract, and relate to aspects of a person’s social interactions.
Stages of Grief[edit]
The Five Stages of Grief, model (or the Kübler-Ross model) postulates that those experiencing grief go through a series of five emotions: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. Although commonly referenced in popular media, the existence of these stages has not been empirically demonstrated and the model is considered to be outdated, inaccurate, and unhelpful in explaining the grieving process.
Coping with Grief[edit]
Coping with grief is different for everyone and depends on the person's personality, coping style, life experience, and their faith or spirituality. The process of bereavement includes coping mechanisms to help the individual through the loss.
