AGUIAR, Helena Carneiro    ZORNIG, Sílvia. Fetal grief: interruption of a promise. []. , 21, 2, pp.264-281. ISSN 1415-7128.  https://doi.org/http//dx.doi.org/0.11606/issn.1981-1624.v21i2p264-281.

This article discusses the psychoanalytic work carried out after fetal death in the light of psychoanalytic theory. This particular form of grief includes important characteristics, such as the non-recognition of the surroundings and confusion concerning the lost object, comprising both a narcissistic and an object component. A few issues regarding the mourning and the internalization of the experience are discussed. We point out how melancholy can often be a response to fetal loss, imprisoning the subject into a relentless quest to regain the lost object. These issues are illustrated by clinical case studies.

: fetal grief; grief work; melancholy; psychoanalysis.

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