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The Process of Grief The purpose of this paper is to sum

The purpose of this paper is to summarize each of 15 chapters in the following book:

Sanders, C.M. (1989). Grief: The mourning after. Dealing with adult bereavement. NY: Wiley.

Sanders begins this chapter by noting that grief has multiple aspects, e.g. physical, social, and psychological aspects. She further notes that while grief refers to the response one feels as a result of loss, bereavement refers to the actual loss itself.

Mourning is said to be related to ritualistic behaviors associated with bereavement and grief and is said to vary from culture to culture. Also, Sanders reports that loss can refer to an actual event (death of a loved one) or it can be a more symbolic sense of loss such as when one loses a job or changes their occupation.

Resolving the issue of grief is a process calling for release of the lost person, readjustment to the world without this person, and the formation of new roles, relationships, and even, to some extent, identity. And this process is said to consist of several fairly discrete symptoms (e.g. somatic distress, tightness of the throat, tendency to heightened anger and instability, etc.

Sometimes a person can experience "complicated grief" in which the issue of grief is intermingled with existing psychoemotional problems. For example, a tendency to deal with problems using denial can result in the delayed grief reaction wherein the actual symptoms associated with deep grief do not appear until a date much later. Sanders lists several examples of complicated or distorted grief reactions including hostility toward others, self-destructive activities, agitated depression, overactivity, chronic grief, and so forth.

What affects the outcome of the grieving process? Sanders lists several variables which can make the process more difficult such as the absence of social support systems or a deep attachment to the deceased. She then notes that depending upon these factors, the ac...

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