Grief & Homelessness
Let 's talk about grief. Homelessness has been associated with many emotional outcomes, including grief and loss (Versey et al. , 2019). Though grief is a natural response to overwhelming challenges and loss, grief that goes unchecked and unrelenting can become chronic ( Cacha et al., 2019). A ccording to Singg (2015), chronic grief is defined as “when the bereaved continue to exhibit normal grief reactions for an extended period without coming to a satisfactory resolution, the grief becomes chronic” (p. 542). The indicators of grief are varied and contingent upon the degree of the traumatic experience and are manifested by difficulty in engaging and lack of interest in things, places, or people. Grief symptomatology is often confused with psychological disorders in the following four categories of affective, somatic, cognitive, or behavioral symptoms (Simon, 2013). According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Fifth E...