Hum Homework #10

Read the story in The New York Times about prolonged grief disorder, “how long should it take to grieve?” Then answer the following 3 questions. Please write a minimum of 3 sentences for each of your answers:

 

1. What are the benefits of representing prolonged grief as a medical illness and human disorder? That is, how can a medical diagnosis-in this case, prolonged grief disorder-create a narrative about humans which empowers people ?

 

2. What are the negative effects of representing prolonged grief as a medical illness and human disorder? That is, how can diagnosing someone with prolonged grief disorder create a narrative about humans that disempowers people?

 

3. If you were a sociologist, psychologist, anthropologist, biologist, or psychiatrist serving on a committee charged with deciding whether to add “prolonged grief disorder” to DSM-V-TR, would you vote to add it?