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Volume 21 No 3 (2023)
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CARE AND SUPPORT FOR THE COVID - 19 BEREAVED FAMILY MEMBERS: THE COUNSELOR'S ROLE
Dr. S. John Kaviarasu, Dr. M. S. Joseph Antony Jacob,Christiana Venita Deepa,
Abstract
Worldwide, COVID-19 outbreak has been impacting people. The death toll from Covid-19 has reached
57,50,868 globally, with 39,72,59,234 verified cases. In India, there are 4,24,10,976 confirmed cases of
COVID-19, and the death toll has risen to 5,05,279. Everyone experiences bereavement at some point
during their lifetime. It is a universal sensation. Many find that when they adjust and integrate their loss
into their daily life, their level of sadness lessens over time. The grievers or carers may go through deep,
persistent, and crippling grief that satisfies the DSM V criteria for Prolonged Grief Condition, a
recognised mental disorder. The majority of people adjust after a loss, with two-thirds saying that their
financial, emotional, and physical conditions remained unchanged. Severe dyspnea, patient seclusion,
visitation limitations, death in intensive care units, anguish of patients/family members, and disruption
of relatives' social support networks are the mourning risk factors. The following psychological
interventions will be used in this study to attempt to illustrate the treatment, emotional support, and
counselling available to bereaved family members and caregivers (Cognitive Behavior Therapy,
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Art based therapy, Group Therapy, Traumatic Grief Therapy,
Complicated Grief Therapy).
Keywords
Covid-19, Bereavement, Caregivers, Grief, Counseling, Psychotherapy
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