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KMID : 1007420160140020063
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Mood and Emotion
2016 Volume.14 No. 2 p.63 ~ p.70
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Grief and Complicated Grief : The New Diagnosis and Treatment are Needed?
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Song Min-Kyu
Kim Won
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Abstract
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Grief processes usually do not make severe symptoms that may impair one’s critical function. A bereaved person may go through some hard time but recovers gradually with time. However, in the case of complicated grief, the symptoms tend to be severe and prolonged. Complicated grief impairs function in important areas of one’s life caused by symptoms such as intense yearning, longing, emotional distress, and having difficulty in planning a meaningful future without the loving one. Complicated grief is more likely to occur in case of one’s child or spouse loss and sudden death by violent means. Many trials support the efficacy of targeted complicated grief therapy which provides an explanation of the disorder, strategies for the acceptance of the loss and moving on to the future. Antidepressant therapy has not yet been studied enough in the case of complicated grief. Despite the fact that complicated grief can cause such debilitating symptoms, it is still not regarded as a disorder according to the DSM-5. Although it shares some symptoms with MDD and PTSD, but the exact symptoms and progress are distinct from that of MDD and PTSD. It implies that Complicated grief needs further researches and more specified therapeutic approach.
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KEYWORD
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Complicated grief, Grief, Complicated grief therapy, Major depressive disorder, Posttraumatic stress disorder, Attachment theory, Dual processing model
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