Deconstructing grief: a sociological analysis of Prolonged Grief Disorder

Lund, Peter Clement

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“…It was reported that El Salvador has the highest number of people with dysfunctional grief (n=63; 14.6%), followed by Guatemala (n=22; 12.9%), Ecuador (n=35; 12.2%), Mexico (n=21; 10.4%), Peru (n=24; 10.3%), Paraguay (n=44; 10.2%), Colombia (n=21; 10.2%), Bolivia (n=12; 8.3%), Chile (n=13;7.3%), and Brazil (n=15; 7.3%) (see Figure 1). Although the results in some Latin-American countries are lower than the percentages of dysfunctional bereavement reported in the United States (between 56.6% and 66%) [7], there is a need for preventive interventions and emotional support for bereaved people in the region.…”

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“…Previous studies in the United States reported that between 56.6% and 66% of people who have suffered the loss of a loved one due to COVID-19 presented dysfunctional bereavement [6]. Furthermore, while bereavement is an individual experience, it is also influenced by culture-specific social norms [7]. Therefore, the way in which people experience the death of a loved one would also depend on the cultural context in which they live [8].…”

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Dysfunctional Grief Related to COVID-19 in Latin America

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The characteristics associated with COVID-19-related dysfunctional grief suggest that we are most likely facing a "dysfunctional grief pandemic" due to COVID-19. Thus this preliminary study reports frequencies of dysfunctional grief in ten Latin American countries that varied between 7.3% in Brazil and 14.6% in El Salvador. This highlights a greater need for Latin American countries to work together to improve the accessibility of treatment for dysfunctional grief.

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“…I still had nothing really to go on except hunches and hearsay. I agreed and prepared a talk, which revolved around vague notions of me discussing how we might sociologically understand the diagnosis as a phenomenon specific to our contemporary society (Lund, 2020a). I also presented another leg of my research, which at that point, I did not fully grasp what I wanted to do with.…”

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“…“Going gonzo” allowed me to “exist on the edges where academic practice meets popular culture” (Sefcovic, 1995, p. 27), which means both that I could use this methodology to report my findings in the manner I have done above and see my findings and experiences in relation to (popular) culture as well. Something I have done elsewhere (Jacobsen et al, 2020; Lund, 2020a, 2020b). It allowed me the tools to conduct “(…) wild, immersive, and messy research which captures the imagination rather than speaking to narrow debates” (Wozniak, 2014, p. 471)—and hopefully what I have written has done so.…”

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Prolonged Grief Disorder: An Implementation Gone Awry and a Researcher Going Gonzo

Lund

2021

International Journal of Qualitative Methods

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In this article I discuss the muddled implementation of Prolonged Grief Disorder in a Danish context. I do this by drawing on my fieldwork, which has been ongoing during the last couple of years. I begin by describing how my initial research design suffered a breakdown that mirrored the breakdown in the implementation of the Prolonged Grief Disorder diagnoses. This breakdown became defining for my work and through the application of what I call gonzo sociology I was able to critically engage in the field of grief research in Denmark. I describe what gonzo research is, and then, following this, I tell the story of how I stumbled into the field of grief research in Denmark and the process of realization I went through. The article is thus structured as a narrative that relays both how I came to embrace gonzo research as a form of methodology, but also the story of what my encounters in the field showed me. I do this because I cannot separate the story of how I went about it from what I came to discover—methods, theory and results are intertwined. Gonzo research aims at going into the field and participating, co-creating the discoveries and pushing the boundaries for research, both in its way of doing research and in its way of reporting said research. Thus, the form of the article is alternative and balances between journalistic endeavor, academic research and autoethnography.

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“…According to the bereavement literature, grief is a natural reaction to losing someone close (e.g., Bandini, 2015; Harris, 2009–2010). It is often stressed that most people encounter one or more losses at some point during their lifetimes, and as such, they will have to deal with bereavement and grief (e.g., Bonnano & Kaltman, 1999; Lund, 2020). In contrast, one of the dominating debates in the field of bereavement research has focused on diagnosing grief reactions (Killikelly & Maercker, 2017; Maercker et al., 2013; Prigerson et al., 2009).…”

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Defining Normal: What Widowed Parents Make of Diagnosing Grief

Holmgren

2020

Illness, Crisis & Loss

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Following a lengthy debate about the possibilities of distinguishing abnormal from normal grief reactions, a diagnosis of prolonged grief disorder has been included in the newest edition of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD; WHO, 2018 ). In this online survey, spousally bereaved individuals (N = 86) with children in the home were asked about what they made of the grief diagnosis. The results varied from individuals being decidedly against diagnosing grief to others embracing a diagnosis as a means to a recognition of bereavement and grief—and possible access to help and support. The time criterion in the ICD diagnosis of PGD, however, met widespread criticism. While the diagnosis of PGD has already been included in the ICD, it remains to be seen whether it will lead to more understanding of bereaved individuals and an improved provision of help and support for adults and children in the future.

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Deconstructing grief: a sociological analysis of Prolonged Grief Disorder

Cited by 29 publications

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Dysfunctional Grief Related to COVID-19 in Latin America

Dysfunctional Grief Related to COVID-19 in Latin America

Prolonged Grief Disorder: An Implementation Gone Awry and a Researcher Going Gonzo

Defining Normal: What Widowed Parents Make of Diagnosing Grief

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