The Denial of Death: A Three-decade Long Case of Absent Grief

Bereavement reactions are associated with numerous physical and mental complications. Atypical bereavement reactions have been described but their place in the classificatory system has not been established. We present the case of an eighty-year-old woman who came with the belief that her deceased s...

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Autores principales: Solomon, Susan, Gupta, Swapnil
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3959027/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24701018
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0253-7176.127261
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description Bereavement reactions are associated with numerous physical and mental complications. Atypical bereavement reactions have been described but their place in the classificatory system has not been established. We present the case of an eighty-year-old woman who came with the belief that her deceased son was alive. We discuss the diagnostic dilemma she posed and conclude that it may be difficult to differentiate atypical bereavement from other psychiatric illnesses.
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spelling pubmed-39590272014-04-03 The Denial of Death: A Three-decade Long Case of Absent Grief Solomon, Susan Gupta, Swapnil Indian J Psychol Med Case Report Bereavement reactions are associated with numerous physical and mental complications. Atypical bereavement reactions have been described but their place in the classificatory system has not been established. We present the case of an eighty-year-old woman who came with the belief that her deceased son was alive. We discuss the diagnostic dilemma she posed and conclude that it may be difficult to differentiate atypical bereavement from other psychiatric illnesses. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC3959027/ /pubmed/24701018 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0253-7176.127261 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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