Talk:Traumatic grief

Course Editing

I'm editing this article as part of my History & Systems of Psychology course at Shenandoah University, in conjunction with the APS Wikipedia Initiative. Tfinnn (talk) 14:17, 2 March 2015 (UTC)

I would like to add what traumatic grief is, the requirements for diagnosis, and some treatments for it. Tfinnn (talk) 03:24, 3 March 2015 (UTC) Here is a reference I will be using:

Colin M, Parkes (1 August 2000). "Traumatic Grief: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention". The British Journal of Psychiatry. 177 (2): 192. doi:10.1192/bjp.177.2.192.

Some of the criteria needed to be considered "traumatic grief" include: the person must have gone through a significant period of grief and mourning after a death, experienced disruptive thoughts and anxiety about the dead person, have experienced symptoms for at least 2 months (not necessarily from the time of death), there is proof of weakened or damaged functioning, and having at least 4 symptoms out of 11 that include feelings of usefulness, deprivation of feelings, avoidance, or having symptoms like those of the person who died. It has been shown that trauma can actually restrain normal grieving and can affect your thinking and thought processes. Studies have shown that newer antidepressants can be effective and beneficial. Crisis intervention, therapy that allows you to understand feelings and close relationships, and different behavior therapies have also been shown to work. Ways to remember and commemorate the departed are taught and encouraged along with remembering happy memories of the deceased. After therapy, the individual is pushed and inspired to move past their loss and move towards new understanding and relationships.

References

Tfinnn, a correct citation for that source would look like this:

• Jordan A, Litz BT (June 2014). "Prolonged Grief Disorder: Diagnostic, Assessment, and Treatment Considerations" (PDF). Professional Psychology: Research and Practice. 45 (3): 180–7. doi:10.1037/a0036836.

I'm not sure where you're getting the year (2012), and please note from the article abstract that there is an error in the article that was corrected in Volume 45, Issue 5.

Also, see the title of the article (Prolonged Grief Disorder): the correct article is Prolonged grief disorder, and the correct talk page for your posts is Talk:Prolonged grief disorder. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 19:19, 2 March 2015 (UTC)

Tfinnn, after making your post above, and after I responded to it, you edited the talk page 22 times, changing your post. Which renders subsequent talk posts unintelligible. That sort of editing (proposing and then changing text) should be done in sandbox, not on an article talk page. Have you looked at the article prolonged grief disorder? You are now proposing using a source that is seriously outdated (16 years old, and using sources that are more than 20 years old), and does not meet WP:MEDRS, while your earlier post correctly used a recent source.[1] Prolonged grief disorder is a newer concept. Could you please respond to these talk posts? Thanks, SandyGeorgia (Talk) 13:48, 3 March 2015 (UTC)

SandyGeorgia, I'm sorry, I was trying to figure out how to respond. Thank you for your concern and for trying to help me learn more about Wikipedia. I am obviously still learning, so thank you for your patience. I thought the source I used for traumatic grief was really good at explaining it and it's criteria for diagnosis, which is why I used it. However, if it is too outdated, I can try to find another source. Thank you, Tfinnn (talk) 16:45, 3 March 2015 (UTC)

Tfinnn, please see your 2014 source linked above. You should be at prolonged grief disorder, rather than adding 2000 sources to a page about a condition that now has another name. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 20:55, 3 March 2015 (UTC)