ONE OF THE SEVEN DETERMINANTS OF GRIEF

Presentation of One of The Seven Determinants of Grief

Introduction2

Grief and Its Impact3

Determinants and Stages of Grief5

Selected Grief Determinant: Depression, Reflection, Loneliness9

Symptoms11

Diagnosis of Major Depression13

Treatment of Major Depression14

Conclusion15

References17



Presentation of One of The Seven Determinants of Grief

Introduction

This assignment is based on one of the seven determinants of grief. Grief is a common human emotion, which we all have to experience at some point in life. Sadness or grief is a feeling human expressing dismay or frustration toward someone or something. It is the opposite of joy. Grief reactions can cause physical and nervous depression, crying, insomnia, lack of appetite, and even emotional reactions, such as repentance. The duel usually shares some common features but also varies greatly from one person to another. The external manifestation of mourning is called mourning (Worden, 2001).

Pain and suffering are subjective, personal, relate to the person's past, their culture, their bonding, their roles, their needs, your body, your emotions, your secret life and her future circumstances influencing to be susceptible areas are being injured and are expressed through their affections: sadness, anger, loneliness, depression, grief, unhappiness, isolation etc.

When dealing with grief, the most important factor is to focus on the facts. Truth can help us realize our situation and give us the strength to move out of adversity. Deluding ourselves through denial or untrue beliefs, will only further the suffering and cause more pain. Hence I believe that focusing on truth, is the most significant part of dealing with adversities. Grief is not always the death row. In many cases the predictability of the death of a loved one causes an emotional reaction that is called anticipatory grief. This can lessen the emotional clash against death and facilitate the resolution of grief later or closer relationship between the dying and the bereaved intensifying the sense of loss and further complicating the correct evolution. Regarding the duration of the duel, there are major cultural differences in our cultural environment accepting the normal period is about one year (Bonanno et.al, 2007).

Grief and Its Impact

An estimated 16% of people who have suffered the loss of a loved one had a picture of depression for a year or more after death. While the forms of emotional response to death are different depending on the cultural context. In developed countries, there are new relevant situations such as the reactions of grief over the death of a newborn, the reactions on the death of young accident traffic, AIDS patients, or diseases such as Alzheimer's disease, which have required extended, etc care, causing progressive medicalization in support of the adaptive response to the loss suffered, before the crisis of other traditional devices religious and cultural type in western society.

When a person loses something that was itself a reaction of discomfort that has several symptoms, rational or emotional nature or both, defined as bereavement occurs. Grief happens after any kind of loss, but usually most severe following the death of a loved ...