Describe the (6) stages of dying/grief laid out by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

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Grief is such a vast topic and whether you intend to specialize in it or not, you will certainly encounter it. For this reason, building both a knowledge base and comfort with grief is important. It might be interesting to note that prolonged grief disorder was more recently added to the DSM-5.

Here is the link if you’d like to read more: https://www.psychiatry.org/newsroom/news-releases/apa-offers-tips-for-understanding-prolonged-grief-disorder

In our clinical work we are likely to see patients with persistent grief that gets worse rather than better with time and challenges with functioning similar to those found in depression but perhaps better explained by prolonged grieving (Boelen et al., 2020).

References

Boelen, P. A., Eisma, M. C., Smid, G. E., & Lenferink, L. (2020). Prolonged grief disorder in section II of DSM-5: a commentary. European journal of psychotraumatology, 11(1), 1771008. https://doi.org/10.1080/20008198.2020.1771008

This week’s questions…

1)Describe the (6) stages of dying/grief laid out by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross. While influential and groundbreaking, what are some of the issues and limitations with this model?

2)What is the dual-process model of bereavement and how does oscillation figure into it?

3)Describe a personal experience with grief (that you are comfortable sharing) and how or which model resonates with your experience.