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Zisook (1987) and his group (Zisook et al, 1987), in a number of studies using the Texas Grief Inventory as well as semistructured interviews, described affective responses including numbness, tearfulness, loneliness, depression, guilt and anger, as well as phenomena implying a continuing relationship with the deceased (preoccupation, sense of presence, clear visual memories, difficulty accepting the loss). Zisook et al (1990) also highlighted the occurrence of anxiety phenomena and disorders after bereavement.

Such thoughts may be intrusive and highly affectively charged images of horrific scenes of the death; or intruding thoughts and longings that are images of the deceased, or are associated with fond and nostalgic memories. The above study does not make any distinction of this kind. These aspects will be considered further below. Dyregrov & Mattheisen (1987a,b,c) investigated the sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), stillbirth and neo-natal deaths, with measures of depression, anxiety and the Impact of Event Scale.

Often circumscribed or situation-specific, generally reversible adjustment reactions were described as usually lasting for only a few months. They were described as being usually closely related in time and content to stresses such as bereavement, migration or separation experiences. It is important to note that adjustment reactions were described as not being associated with significant distortions of personal development, especially in children. Of major significance was the exclusion of “neurotic disorders” under the rubric.

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