The looping effects of medicalizing grief

• Alice Elizabeth Kelley ^[1]
  1. [1] University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

     University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

     City of Ann Arbor, Estados Unidos

     
• Localización: Crítica: revista hispanoamericana de filosofía, ISSN 0011-1503, Vol. 56, Nº. 167, 2024, págs. 101-126
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.22201/iifs.18704905e.2024.1536
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  • español

    Las versiones más recientes de las directrices de diagnóstico psiquiátricoincluyen una nueva incorporación: el Trastorno de Duelo Prolongado (TDP). ElTDP es controvertido debido a las preocupaciones sobre efectos nocivos de bucle.Algunos opositores a la inclusión del TDP temen que el diagnóstico patologiceexperiencias humanas normales y aliene a los dolientes de su duelo. Este artículosostiene que estas preocupaciones son menos graves de lo que parecen inicialmente(en parte porque suponen una comprensión poco útil y opcional de las condicionesde salud como patologías) y señala efectos de bucle beneficiosos que podrían seguirsede medicalizar (algunas) experiencias de duelo

  • English

    The most recent versions of official psychiatric diagnostic guidelines include a new addition: Prolonged Grief Disorder (PGD). PGD is controversial due to concerns about harmful looping effects. Some opponents of PGD’s inclusion in the DSM worry that the diagnosis may pathologize normal human experiences and alienate grievers from their grief. This paper argues that these concerns are less troubling than they initially appear (in part because they assume an unhelpful, and conceptually optional, background understanding of health conditions as pathologies) and calls attention to overlooked beneficial looping effects that might be achieved by medicalizing (some) experiences of grief.

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