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How do you define grief?
<p>Host: How do you define grief?</p><p>Dr. Ursula Weide: I generally do not like the term grief because it is so worn-out and so over used like in Good Grief Charlie Brown. It's a good term to use to communicate with the
What is traumatic bereavement?
<p>Host: What is traumatic bereavement? Dr. Ursula Weide: Traumatic bereavement is the sudden, untimely and often also violent; loss of someone violent meaning an accident, suicide, homicide. It is something that the person
What is the difference between traumatic bereavement and ...
<p>Host: What is the difference between traumatic bereavement and post traumatic stress disorder?</p><p>Dr. Ursula Weide: That's a very good question. I do not see any difference and let me explain why the Diagnostic and
What are the different kinds of losses?
<p>Host: What are the different kinds of losses?</p><p>Dr. Ursula Weide: Traumatic losses can be of a spouse, the younger spouse and older spouse, of a child, a sibling, of beloved uncle. Basically, what psychologist call an
Why is there no "one size fits all" approach to grieving?
<p>Host: Why is there no "one size fits all" approach to grieving?</p><p>Dr. Ursula Weide: That's a very good question. Working with someone who is grieving is a very individual kind of thing for the following reasons.
What is the prognosis for each type of grief?
<p>Host: What is the prognosis for each type of grief?</p><p>Dr. Ursula Weide: The prognosis for, what I describe as sadness, is fairly good. The person will return to their prior level of functioning within the fairly short
Is there a different perspective on the loss of a spouse ...
<p>Host: Is there is a different prospective on the loss of the spouse when the surviving spouse is older?</p><p>Dr. Ursula Weide: There many cases is a different prospective because an older person in their 70s or 80s or
Is there such a thing as "normal grief?"
<p>Host: Is there such a thing as a "normal grief"?</p><p>Dr. Ursula Weide: I really do not like the approaches that are out there that differentiate between normal griefs and so called pathological grief, that's a term I do
What are the cognitive symptoms of traumatic grief?
<p>Host: What are the cognitive symptoms of traumatic grief?</p><p>Dr. Ursula Weide: So, let me explain to you what cognitive symptoms are. Cognitive means how our brain functions, how we think, how we remember things.
What are the emotional symptoms of traumatic grief?
<p>Host: What are the emotional symptoms of traumatic grief?</p><p>Dr. Ursula Weide: Emotional symptoms are symptoms of anxiety and depression. I think you all know about those and dissociative symptoms.
