[Bereavement and its clinical implications, conceptual developments and ways of supporting bereaved families]

Bereavement is a natural process whose scope has long been essentially social and collective before it was increasingly limited to the private sphere. In recent years, the redefinition of the various clinical manifestations of grief raises the question of diagnosis when it becomes a disorder and the question of whether or not adapted treatments are necessary in certain situations. We will place the bereavement process in a cultural and social perspective, before focusing on the centrality of rituals as a modality of support and resilience.