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Conference Paper: Grief as expression of love or insanity
Title | Grief as expression of love or insanity |
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Authors | |
Issue Date | 2014 |
Publisher | Hong Kong Academy of Medicine Press. |
Citation | The 2014 Regional Congress of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA), Hong Kong, China, 12-14 December 2014. In East Asian Archives of Psychiatry, 2014, v. 24 n. 4S, p. 21 How to Cite? |
Abstract | Grief is considered as a normal and natural response to
bereavement. It is also referred as the price we pay for love.
The previous diagnostic guidelines in DSM-IV intentionally
exclude grief reactions as major psychiatric disorders.
Researches in the past few decades consistently found that
there is a small group of bereaved persons who struggle
with their grief. Thus, the DSM-V published in mid-2013
offers a few major changes in bereavement-related disorders,
in particular related to the elimination of bereavementexclusion
in depression and adjustment disorder. A new
diagnosis, persistent complex bereavement disorder
(PCBD), is proposed to the Section III of the Appendix.
Yet, the manual emphasises cultural, religious and agerelated
factors are taken into account for assessment. In
line with the main theme of the conference “Yin and Yang
of mental health in Asia”, this presentation will first focus
on elaborating the yang: the highlights of the changes in
DSM-V. It will then follow by detailing the yin component,
which are the observations of bereavement reactions as
well as coping among Asia cultures. With reference to the
diagnostic criteria of PCBD, possible controversies in
assessment arisen from Chinese cultural and religious beliefs
will be highlighted. In particular, the grief hallucination, the
balance between continuing bond and separation distress as
well as that between expression and avoidance of emotions
will be emphasised. Terms of complicated grief or prolonged
grief had been coined to describe the condition faced by this
vulnerable group. These were intended to propose as mental
disorders. This presentation is hoped to reflect on this new
identity of grief for Asian cultures. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/218206 |
ISSN | 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.364 |
DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Chow, AYM | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-09-18T06:29:48Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2015-09-18T06:29:48Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2014 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | The 2014 Regional Congress of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA), Hong Kong, China, 12-14 December 2014. In East Asian Archives of Psychiatry, 2014, v. 24 n. 4S, p. 21 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 2078-9947 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/218206 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Grief is considered as a normal and natural response to bereavement. It is also referred as the price we pay for love. The previous diagnostic guidelines in DSM-IV intentionally exclude grief reactions as major psychiatric disorders. Researches in the past few decades consistently found that there is a small group of bereaved persons who struggle with their grief. Thus, the DSM-V published in mid-2013 offers a few major changes in bereavement-related disorders, in particular related to the elimination of bereavementexclusion in depression and adjustment disorder. A new diagnosis, persistent complex bereavement disorder (PCBD), is proposed to the Section III of the Appendix. Yet, the manual emphasises cultural, religious and agerelated factors are taken into account for assessment. In line with the main theme of the conference “Yin and Yang of mental health in Asia”, this presentation will first focus on elaborating the yang: the highlights of the changes in DSM-V. It will then follow by detailing the yin component, which are the observations of bereavement reactions as well as coping among Asia cultures. With reference to the diagnostic criteria of PCBD, possible controversies in assessment arisen from Chinese cultural and religious beliefs will be highlighted. In particular, the grief hallucination, the balance between continuing bond and separation distress as well as that between expression and avoidance of emotions will be emphasised. Terms of complicated grief or prolonged grief had been coined to describe the condition faced by this vulnerable group. These were intended to propose as mental disorders. This presentation is hoped to reflect on this new identity of grief for Asian cultures. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | Hong Kong Academy of Medicine Press. | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | East Asian Archives of Psychiatry | - |
dc.title | Grief as expression of love or insanity | - |
dc.type | Conference_Paper | - |
dc.identifier.email | Chow, AYM: chowamy@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Chow, AYM=rp00623 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 254591 | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 2078-9947 | - |