Mourning and Melancholia
Template:Short description Template:Infobox essay "Mourning and Melancholia" (Template:Langx) is a 1917 work of Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis.[1]
In this essay, Freud argues that mourning and melancholia are similar but different responses to Template:Linktext. In mourning, a person deals with the grief of losing a specific love object, and this process takes place in the conscious mind. In melancholia, a person grieves for a loss they are unable to fully comprehend or identify, and thus this process takes place in the unconscious mind. Mourning is considered a healthy and natural process of grieving a loss, while melancholia is considered pathological.
It has been argued by some writers that Freud's description of mourning in this work is not compatible with current models of mourning.[2][3]
Bibliography
- (1914–1916) The Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud, Volume XIV, On The History of Psycho-Analytic Movement, Papers on Metapsychology and Other Works. London: Hogarth Press and the Institute of Psycho-Analysis. “The book link is to Sigmund Freud's essay "Mourning and Melacholia" which has been extracted from the book”.
References
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- ↑ (31 March 2016) New Models of Bereavement Theory and Treatment New Mourning (Ebook), Taylor & Francis. “Honoring the centennial of Sigmund Freud’s seminal paper Mourning and Melancholia, New Models of Bereavement Theory and Treatment: New Mourning is a major contribution to our culture’s changing view of bereavement and mourning, identifying flaws in old models and offering a new, valid and effective approach...”