Prolonged Grief Disorder: Unveiling Neurobiological Mechanisms for a Shared Path Forward

Goveas, Joseph S.; O'Connor, Mary-Frances

doi:10.1016/j.jagp.2023.12.016

The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.jagp.2023.12.016

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Prolonged Grief Disorder: Unveiling Neurobiological Mechanisms for a Shared Path Forward

Joseph S. Goveas,

Mary-Frances O'Connor

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Closing in on Close Connections: A Reply to Thieleman et al.

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The grieving process after the death of a close person

Micanovic-Cvejic,

Simonji-Cernak

2024

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The death of a loved one is one of the most traumatic psychological experiences. As a reaction to the trauma due to the death of a loved one, a series of emotions, bodily sensations, behavior, and thought content is created. Grief is a universal reaction to death. Grieving is a process, specific to individuals and differs in duration and characteristics. The grieving process has stages and tasks, in order for the grieving person to functionally adapt to the loss. The new International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) classifies prolonged grief as a psychiatric disorder, which significantly correlates with anxiety, depression, somatization, post-traumatic stress. The aim of this overview (theoretical) paper is to present the results of empirical research in which significant elements of the grieving process were studied. These are psychological experiences in grieving (feelings, bodily sensations, content of thoughts, forms of behavior), stages of grieving (numbness, longing, disorganization of behavior, reorganization of life), tasks of grieving (accepting the reality of loss, processing pain, adapting to the environment, emotional displacement of the deceased) and the end of grieving. In this paper, we examined the emotional connection of the grieving person with the deceased from the perspective of the theory of affective attachment. The paper may benefit individuals who are in the process of grieving, as well as professionals in the fields of mental health, counseling and grief therapy.

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The grieving process after the death of a close person

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