It is argued that there are grounds for questioning the hypothesis: 1) existing definitions and operationalizations are problematic; 2) the few empirical studies that have examined the impact of grief

The gap

Consensus across the literature

Supporting evidence — 3 representative gaps

• The integrated process model of loss and grief - An interprofessional understanding (2023) · doi

  Three causes seem to be at play: grief is usually understood to be connected to death and other types of loss are under-researched; the majority of research is done from the field of psychology and on pathological forms of grief, hardly integrating research from other disciplines; and the existential suffering related to grief is not recognized or insufficiently integrated in the dominant models.

  Keywords: grief three causes seem play usually understood connected death types loss researched majority done field
• Bereavement-Related Needs and Their Relation to Mental Health Symptoms Among Adults Bereaved by Suicide and Fatal Overdose (2024) · doi

  Despite the high prevalence of suicide and fatal overdose, and the morbidity associated with these forms of bereavement, little is known about the loss-related needs of adults bereaved by these two causes, including whether survivors’ needs differ from those losing significant persons to other forms of sudden death and how these needs may relate to psychiatric symptomatology.

  Keywords: needs forms despite high prevalence suicide fatal overdose morbidity associated bereavement little known loss related
• Coping with Bereavement: A Review of the Grief Work Hypothesis (1993) · doi

  It is argued that there are grounds for questioning the hypothesis: 1) existing definitions and operationalizations are problematic; 2) the few empirical studies that have examined the impact of grief work have yielded equivocal results; 3) grief work is not a universal concept.

  Keywords: grief argued there grounds questioning hypothesis existing definitions operationalizations problematic empirical examined impact yielded equivocal