What's the difference between bereavement and grief?

Bereavement


Definition:

  • (n.) The state of being bereaved; deprivation; esp., the loss of a relative by death.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Bereaved individuals were significantly more likely to report heightened dysphoria, dissatisfaction, and somatic disturbances typical of depression, even when variations in age, sex, number of years married, and educational and occupational status were taken into account.
  • (2) This paper describes the results of a survey on the form and function of hospice bereavement services completed by NHO Provider Member hospices.
  • (3) Establishing a bereavement program and outlining responsibilities for staff involvement are also addressed.
  • (4) Subjects antibody and complement functions were inhibited after bereavement.
  • (5) A bereavement during pregnancy is difficult to mourn: a pregnant woman is so increasingly preoccupied with the new life that mourning is interrupted and often impossible to resume later.
  • (6) This article reviews recent literature on bereavement concerning the typical features of both normal and pathological grief.
  • (7) Because both bereavement and depression have been associated with impaired immune responses, the authors studied two indicators of immune function, natural killer (NK) cell activity and measures of T cell subpopulations, in 37 women who differed in the magnitude of recent life events.
  • (8) The purpose of this study was to ascertain depressive symptoms in recently bereaved prepubertal children and compare these symptoms with those of depressed prepubertal children.
  • (9) No stranger to bereavement – on the last count I had lost 12 close friends and family members by the age of 35 – I’d endured so much loss that I had become blasé about death.
  • (10) Two bereaved groups of families (one of which received preventive intervention service) and one non-bereaved group were compared in an outcome design and were assessed for indices of illness, psycho-social disturbance, and general quality of life.
  • (11) In bereaved and severely depressed cancer patients, there is a tendency of an earlier onset of decreased natural killer cell activity and a reduced binding affinity of beta-endorphin to peripheral blood lymphocytes.
  • (12) Bereavement was mentioned in 28.2% of referrals from medical practitioners yet 43.1% of the patients had been bereaved and used bereavement counselling.
  • (13) All participants completed a sibling bereavement inventory consisting of 109 scaled items that measured self-concept perceptions and grief reactions.
  • (14) For a lot of people, leaving politics is a bereavement.” But for the time being, her politics will find expression in her standup, which is quite different from the early days.
  • (15) The focus of the inquiry was to determine whether attitudes towards death, dying and loss could be influenced by confrontation with factual information on bereavement.
  • (16) The physiological effects of stress, and the possible relationship to patients and their carers, leads the author to highlight the need for further research, and possible benefit of proactive intervention for the bereaved.
  • (17) These proportions were unaltered by the issue of a unit medical circular to hospital staff informing them of the problem and requesting more prompt notification.The ability of general practitioners to help bereaved relatives is compromised by the present inadequacies in communication between hospitals and general practice.
  • (18) The highest relative mortality risk was found immediately after bereavement.
  • (19) Results indicated that elderly persons with significant clinical depression at the time of a spouse's death were at significant risk for psychological complications during the bereavement process, and survivors of spouses who had committed suicide were even more at risk within the greatest depression group.
  • (20) 150 bereaved parents, all members of the organisation, of whom 120 (80%) participated voluntarily in the study.

Grief


Definition:

  • (a.) Pain of mind on account of something in the past; mental suffering arising from any cause, as misfortune, loss of friends, misconduct of one's self or others, etc.; sorrow; sadness.
  • (a.) Cause of sorrow or pain; that which afficts or distresses; trial; grievance.
  • (a.) Physical pain, or a cause of it; malady.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The stages of mourning involve cognitive learning of the reality of the loss; behaviours associated with mourning, such as searching, embody unlearning by extinction; finally, physiological concomitants of grief may influence unlearning by direct effects on neurotransmitters or neurohormones, such as cortisol, ACTH, or norepinephrine.
  • (2) Mary's grief, which lasts for about the first half of the two-hour premiere special, is the finest work of the series so far by Michelle Dockery.
  • (3) Harry was 12 years old when Diana, Princess of Wales, was killed in a car crash but said it was not until his late 20s, after two years of “total chaos”, that he processed the grief.
  • (4) Does he need the grief if the support is not there?
  • (5) Earlier descriptions of pathological grief are reviewed.
  • (6) As night fell in Paris, despite the bitter cold, more than 5,000 people gathered under the imposing statue of Marianne, the symbol of the republic, to show their anger, grief and solidarity.
  • (7) This supports conclusions by other grief counsellors (e.g.
  • (8) On Friday, friends and relatives spoke of their grief.
  • (9) The impact of early childhood loss, identification with the deceased, chronic grief, delayed grief, exaggerated or masked grief, and the death of a dream are discussed, and clinical examples are used to illustrate concepts of intervention.
  • (10) The early stages of grief can make a person brazen; for awhile, you have nothing left to lose.
  • (11) This article reviews recent literature on bereavement concerning the typical features of both normal and pathological grief.
  • (12) Data are presented tentatively supporting the conclusion that the SIDS grief intervention program had a beneficial impact on the participants.
  • (13) This paper provides guidelines for health professionals in dealing with the particular grief reactions experienced by families of babies who die of the sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).
  • (14) When I think back to that time, I recall an almost constant sense of grief.
  • (15) We should grieve and we should be angry, but we must not let grief or anger cloud our judgment,” he said.
  • (16) 'This is not the justice we seek': sorrow in Baltimore as grief turns into riots Read more The city has improved significantly in recent years – crime dropped, the economy improved, the population stopped declining for the first time in 60 years – but you couldn’t see Baltimore’s newfound prosperity in Freddie Gray’s backyard, or in the gardens nearby.
  • (17) Of course, her grief and the work she is doing now are intimately connected.
  • (18) All participants completed a sibling bereavement inventory consisting of 109 scaled items that measured self-concept perceptions and grief reactions.
  • (19) Futile cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) may prevent humane care of the dying child and deprive parents of the opportunity to express their love, grief, and dedication at a critical moment, while appropriate and successful CPR may restore intact their child.
  • (20) The grief work involved in coping with a loved one's death does not end when the loved one dies.