Grief Management for Individuals: Understanding the Impact of Natural, Unnatural, and Sudden Death

This presentation provides an overview of grief management for individuals suffering from the loss of a loved one. It explains the different types of death, including natural, unnatural, and sudden death, and their impact on physical and psychological health. The presentation also discusses William Worden's mediators of grief and the factors that influence an individual's grief reaction.

GRIEF
MANAGEMEN
T
For Individuals who are suffering from Grief

WHAT IS GRIEF?
A process of
reacting to a
certain loss. The
loss may be:
 Physical
 Social
Occupational
Emotional

WILLIAM WORDEN’S &
MEDIATORS OF GRIEF
 Relationship to the
deceased
 Nature of the
relationship
 Reason of death

WILLIAM WORDEN’S &
MEDIATORS OF GRIEF
 History of other loss
 Other stressors
 Individual factors
 Social factors

WHAT IS ‘DEATH’ ?
Death can be defined
as the irreversible
cessation of body
functions , specially
circulation and
respiration brain and
modern resuscitation
attempts.

WHAT IS ‘MODE OF DEATH’ ?
There are majorly three types of death
 Natural Death
 Unnatural death
 Sudden Death

IMPACT OF DEATH ON INDIVIDUAL
REACTION
 Impact of grief due to death varies from
person to person
 Death of loved ones imposes impact on both
physical as well as psychological health
 Physical impact includes heart pain, sickness,
weight loss, ageing, loss of immunity, drug or
alcohol abuse
 Psychological impact of death includes
depression, lack of interest in daily life or
activities, suicidal tendency, detachment
with society.

NATURAL DEATH
Natural death can be
defined as death
that happened for a
natural cause
Natural causes of
Death Includes
 Death due to
diseases
 Death Due to Age

IMPACT OF NATURAL DEATH ON
GRIEF REACTION
 Natural death involves a
mental preparation of the
near and dear one
 This makes natural death
less painful than
unnatural or sudden
death
 Natural death of parents,
children, friend or pets
can lead to depression.

IMPACT OF NATURAL DEATH ON
GRIEF REACTION
 This bereaved
individual/individuals
goes through a brief
mourning period.
 The impact of
depression is more in
women compared to
men.

UNNATURAL DEATH
Some of the major causes
of Unnatural death are as
follows:
 Accidents
 Drug Overdoses
 Murders
 Executions
 Animal attacks
 Death by misadventures
 Suicides
 Complications of surgery
 War
 Act of terrorism

IMPACT OF UNNATURAL DEATH
ON GRIEF REACTION
 Unnatural death of loved one is highly
painful.
 The percentage of unnatural death is higher
in youths compared to that of the elderly
people.
 Individual undergo a prolonged period of
depression.
 Physical sickness due to grief is common in
person suffering from grief due to unnatural
death of his loved ones.

SUDDEN DEATH
Major causes of sudden death includes
 Cardiac Arrest
 Stroke
 Murder
 Accident

IMPACT OF SUDDEN DEATH ON
GRIEF REACTION
 Sudden death of near and
dear ones impose the
most negative impact on
an individual.
 People suffer from
prolonged depression,
social isolation, suicidal
tendencies, lack of
interest in daily activities.
 Impact of sudden death
on women are found to be
more than that of men.

IMPACT OF SUDDEN DEATH ON
GRIEF REACTION
 Sudden loss of loved
one often give rise to
trauma.
 News of Sudden death
is fatal for Vulnerable
individuals.
 Cardiac arrest may
take place in several
cases.

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