Disenfranchised Grief

Doka, Kenneth J.

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“…Families of some murder victims, that is, those that were involved in drugs, prostitution, domestic violence, or other criminal activity, or who may be members of ethnically, economically, or socially marginalized groups, may suffer disenfranchised grief (Doka, 2002;Jones & Beck, 2007;Spungen, 1988). Such disenfranchised mourners may receive little or no ritual support from the community (Neimeyer & Jordan, 2002).…”

Section: Disenfranchised Victims Disenfranchised Griefmentioning

confidence: 98%

Family Survivors of Homicide: I. Symptoms, Syndromes, and Reaction Patterns

Miller¹

2009

The Am. J. of Family Therapy

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As more and more mental health clinicians become involved in the criminal justice system, family therapists will see increasing numbers of crime victims in their caseloads, and some of these families will have lost loved ones to murder. Part I of this two-part article describes the common and atypical symptoms, syndromes, and reaction patterns shown by families who have experienced the murder of a loved one. Part II will present a practical model for treating family survivors of homicide that incorporates cognitivebehavioral, psychodynamic, family systems, and existential components. Throughout, the emphasis is on therapists being equipped with a sufficiently broad range of clinical tools to treat these survivors flexibly, effectively, competently, and compassionately.As more and more mental health clinicians become involved in the criminal justice system, family therapists will see increasing numbers of crime victims in their caseloads, and some of these families will have lost loved ones to murder. Part I of this two-part article describes the common and atypical symptoms, syndromes, and reaction patterns shown by families who have experienced the murder of a loved one. Part II will present a practical model for treating family survivors of homicide that incorporates cognitive-behavioral, psychodynamic, family systems, and existential components. Throughout the process, therapists should understand the importance of being equipped with a sufficiently broad range of clinical tools to treat these survivors flexibly, effectively, competently, and compassionately.

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Section: Disenfranchised Victims Disenfranchised Griefmentioning

confidence: 98%

Family Survivors of Homicide: I. Symptoms, Syndromes, and Reaction Patterns

Miller¹

2009

The Am. J. of Family Therapy

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“…Each sign of improvement brought new hope, but it was seldom sustained. Consequently, their grief followed a cyclic course, characterized at various times by guilt, denial, hope, despair, anger, and depression-an ongoing pattern that Doka (1989) has called "disenfranchised grief." Neither mothers nor fathers were exempt.…”

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Disenfranchised Mothers: Caring for an Adult Child With Schizophrenia

2001

Health Care for Women International

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Interviews with 29 parent caregivers of adult children with schizophrenia discovered that they periodically redefine their parental role over the course of the family member's illness. A grounded theory of "redefining parental identity" is briefly reviewed. As the child's schizophrenia develops, parents come to regard themselves as disenfranchised. That is, although parents assume the right to take on responsibility for their family member, neither the legal system, mental health practitioners, nor often the ill persons themselves recognize that right. Particularly for the 16 mothers who tend to be the primary family caregivers, this lack of parental rights negatively affects their caregiving experience, especially as regards their caregiver stress, their experience of guilt and grief, and ultimately their own health.

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“…First and foremost, I wanted to more deeply explore the experiences of bereavement and communication from a variety of bereaved parents and felt that limiting participation to a distinct age or cause of death would not allow me to do so. I especially wanted to incorporate the perspectives of parents whose children died as infants and as adults because the grief experience of these parents is frequently minimized or ignored by others (Doka, 1989). According to DeVries, Dalla Lana, and Falck (1994), the death of a child, regardless of age, results in the death of dreams and hopes parents held for that child.…”

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Bereaved Parents' Experiences of Supportive and Unsupportive Communication

Toller

2011

Southern Communication Journal

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Disenfranchised Grief

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Family Survivors of Homicide: I. Symptoms, Syndromes, and Reaction Patterns

Family Survivors of Homicide: I. Symptoms, Syndromes, and Reaction Patterns

Disenfranchised Mothers: Caring for an Adult Child With Schizophrenia

Bereaved Parents' Experiences of Supportive and Unsupportive Communication

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