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The grief map

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Grieving is a natural human reaction to a significant loss. According to a psychiatric model, this process is characterized by a typical sequence of psychological changes. Here, I propose a discrete-time dynamical system, called the grief map, in order to represent the grieving process. The corresponding bifurcation diagram, which exhibits stationary, periodic, and chaotic behavior, is related to the stages of this sorrowful journey occurring during about 12 months post-loss.

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Monteiro, L.H.A. The grief map. Eur. Phys. J. Spec. Top. 223, 2897–2902 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjst/e2014-02302-0

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