December 25, 2014
Blurb
Dr Shear: Terminology is used inconsistently, so I will start by defining how we use key terms.
"Bereavement" is the situation of having experienced the death of someone close, not the response to the loss. "Grief" is the response to loss, not simply an emotion. The word "grief" is a simple shorthand for a complex, multifaceted experience that changes over time and varies from loss to loss. Grief is an automatic reaction, presumably guided by brain circuitry activated in response to a world suddenly, profoundly, and irrevocably altered by a loved one's death.
Read more: http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/836977
"Bereavement" is the situation of having experienced the death of someone close, not the response to the loss. "Grief" is the response to loss, not simply an emotion. The word "grief" is a simple shorthand for a complex, multifaceted experience that changes over time and varies from loss to loss. Grief is an automatic reaction, presumably guided by brain circuitry activated in response to a world suddenly, profoundly, and irrevocably altered by a loved one's death.
Read more: http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/836977