The Looping Effects of Medicalizing Grief
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22330090 |
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| Authors | Alice Elizabeth Kelley (0009-0007-2432-1561, University of Michigan, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 56 |
| Issue | 167 |
| Publication date | 2024-06-26 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Critica (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0011-1503 • E-ISSN: 1870-4905 |
| Publisher | Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (PUBLISHER • MX) |
| DOI | 10.22201/iifs.18704905e.2024.1536 |
| OpenAlex | W4400077631 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 18 |
The most recent versions of official psychiatric diagnostic guidelines include a new addition: Prolonged Grief Disorder (PGD). PGD is controversial due to concerns about harmful looping effects. Some opponents of PGD’s inclusion in the DSM worry that the diagnosis may pathologize normal human experiences and alienate grievers from their grief. This paper argues that these concerns are less troubling than they initially appear (in part because they assume an unhelpful, and conceptually optional, background understanding of health conditions as pathologies) and calls attention to overlooked beneficial looping effects that might be achieved by medicalizing (some) experiences of grief
Grief · Psychiatry · Psychotherapist · Worry · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Mental Health and Psychiatry · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications · Social Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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