Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 43, Issue 2 , Pages 95-102, March 2002

Clinical and research measures of grief: A reconsideration

From the Japan Science and Technology Corp, Kawaguchi, Japan; and the Department of Neuropsychiatry, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan.

Abstract 

Bereavement-induced grief and psychological intervention are important social issues and worthy of greater attention from researchers and clinicians. Here, we review currently available measures of grief and discusses the differentiation of normal grief reaction from pathological grief and major depression. Finally, we propose future directions for research on the development of new grief measures and the effects of normal and pathological grief on psychological and physical health.

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PII: S0010-440X(02)60738-2

doi:10.1053/comp.2002.30801

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 43, Issue 2 , Pages 95-102, March 2002

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