Journal of Emergency Health Care

fa Grief: Normal and Pathological Variants after Death of a Loved One عمومى General پژوهشي Research Background: Loss of loved ones is one of the most inevitable and distressing life events to which every individual responds in different ways. Methods: In this study, grief was considered in situations of loss, indicating the way people react when exposed to such grief. The research was conducted in two stages. In the first stage, 30 subjects (15 healthy people and 15 with bereavement disorder) who had lost their loved ones in the past 6 years were studied. In this stage, the effective factors in the development of persistent complex bereavement disorder were investigated. Then, in order to change these constructs, the compassion focused therapy was performed on fifteen patients with bereavement disorder. Samples were selected through purposive sampling. In this research, the scales of defense mechanism, integrative self-knowledge, and self-compassion were used. Results: The result of this study illustrated that people with grief disorder and healthy people have a significant difference in terms of their defense mechanism, integrative self-knowledge and self-compassion. Conclusion: Furthermore, the compassion-focused therapy increased mental health in patients and cured nine of them.   Persistent complex bereavement disorder, Self-compassion, Integrative self-knowledge, Defense mechanisms. 137 149 http://intjmi.com/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1-613&slc_lang=fa&sid=1 Mehdi Reza Sarafraz 10031947532846006922 10031947532846006922 No Assistant of Professor, Department of Clinical Psychology, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran Marziye Shahamatmanesh 10031947532846006923 10031947532846006923 No Department of Clinical Psychology, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran. Zahra Tayebi 10031947532846006924 10031947532846006924 Yes Department of Clinical Psychology, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran.