Grief: questions for a shrink (Replay)

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What are the stages after the disappearance of a loved one? © iStock / laylabird

By: Caroline Paré Follow

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Losing a loved one is overwhelming. Some may feel like they never get over their grief.

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This “work of mourning” can therefore go through an interior work, more or less long, more or less painful, in order to accept the disappearance and to define a “before” and an “after”.

What are the stages after the disappearance of a loved one? Why do some deaths spark an emotional storm when others are greeted with serenity? What are the keys to overcoming your grief? When to start talking about depression associated with bereavement?

With:

  • Mamadou Mbodji, doctor in clinical psychology and psychopathology, psychologist psychotherapist, in Dakar, Senegal.

At the end of the program, we find the nutrition column of Stéphane Besançon director of the NGO Santé Diabète in Bamako, Mali.

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