title: Grief and loss. 'I'm not myself anymore'.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Most individuals who experience the loss or potential loss of a person or thing to which they ascribe importance in their lives undergo the process of 'normal grief'. Simply put, the experience of grief is not limited to the loss of a person through death, but is also felt when other life changes and transitions occur.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  This article aims to address what is 'normal' grief while examining some strategies that can be useful in assisting the grieving indivudual.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Current research asserts that there is no actual conclusion to the grief process, but rather an integration of the grief into an individual's life. To achieve a healthy integration of loss and attain the ultimate wellbeing of the individual, the grieving person may need to be assisted and guided in a biopsychosocial framework.
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tully
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D001315:Australia; D005194:Family Practice / Q000379:methods; D006117:Grief; D006801:Humans; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D012944:Social Support