Volume 36 · Number 12
DECEMBER 2006
When Older Adults Suffer the Loss of a Child
By Nahla Mahgoub, MD; Melinda Lantz, MD
The term bereavement refers to the social and emotional expression of a loss. Older adults frequently must cope the death of friends, relatives, and spouses. The reactions of the bereaved person are influenced by the relationship with the deceased person and the circumstances of the death, particularly when the death is unexpected or is as a result of a disease. However, dimensions of grief, including emotional reactions such as denial, anger, guilt, depression, and physical reactions such aches and pains, difficulty sleeping, fatigue, and change in appetite, are common in those who are the most bereaved.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Nahla Mahgoub, MD, is Geriatric Psychiatry Fellow, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York. Melinda Lantz, MD, is Chief of Geriatric Psychiatry, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York.
Address correspondence to: Nahla Mahgoub, email: [email protected].
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