Pathological grief: an intensive case study

• Published in: Psychiatry (Washington, D.C.) Vol. 56; no. 4; p. 356
• Main Authors: Horowitz, M, Stinson, C, Fridhandler, B, Milbrath, C, Redington, D, Ewert, M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.11.1993
• Subjects: Adaptation, Psychological; Adult; Defense Mechanisms; Female; Grief; Humans; Internal-External Control; Marriage - psychology; Personality Inventory; Psychotherapy, Brief; Self Concept

Pathological mourning is such an excessive, blocked, or distorted process that psychiatric signs and symptoms develop. Explanation of how and why these signs and symptoms form could deepen an understanding of both normal and pathological mourning. Because many variables are involved in such explanat...