Manifestations of Depression in Grief
VEGETATIVE SYMPTOMS
    Anhedonia
    Anorexia
    Apathy
    Decreased energy
    Decreased initiative
    Decreased motivation
    Decreased sexual desire or hyper-sexuality
    Psychomotor retardation or agitation
    Sleep difficulties
    Social withdrawal
    Somatic problems
    Tearfulness and crying
    Tension and anxiety
    Weight loss or gain
    Withdrawal

COGNITIVE DISRUPTION
     Concerns about going crazy or losing control
     Confusion
     Decreased effectiveness or productivity
     Depersonalization
     Disorganization
     Feeling out of control
     Feeling overwhelmed
     Feeling tentative or unsure
     Lack of clarity
     Lack of concentration
     Obsessive thinking
     Problems with decision making

COMBINATION OF ANGER AND DEPRESSION
      Aggression
      Agitation
      Belligerence
      Disillusionment
      Emotional lability
      Feeling as if something is about to happen
      Feeling bombarded or overwhelmed
      Frustration
      Heightened psychological and physiological arousal
      Hyperactivity
      Intolerance
      Irritability
      Nervousness
      Obstinacy
      Over reactivity
      Over sensitivity
      Restlessness
      Rigidity
      Searching behavior
      Tension

SUBJECTIVE FEELINGS
      Abandonment
      Ambivalence
      Anguish
      Anxiety
      Dependency
      Deprivation
      Despair
      Fear
      Guilt
      Helplessness
      Hopelessness
      Inadequacy
      Insecurity
      Lack of concern for self
      Loneliness
     Meaninglessness
     Pessimism
     Pining, yearning and longing
     Powerlessness
     Regression
     Sadness
     Self-reproach
     Separation
     Shame
     Timidity and non-assertiveness
     Unreality
     Vulnerability
     Worry
     Worthlessness

Characteristics and meaning of the loss sustained and the relationship severed
The unique nature and meaning of the relationship severed
The individual qualities of the relationship lost
The roles that the child occupied in the family
The characteristics of the deceased child
The amount of unfinished business between the parent and the child
The parent's perception of the child's fulfillment in life
The number, type and quality of secondary losses for the parent
     
Characteristics of the grieving parent
The parent's coping behaviors, personality, and mental health
The parent's level of maturity and intelligence
The parent's past experiences with loss and death
The parent's social, cultural, ethnic, and religious/philosophical background
The parent's sex-role conditioning
The parent's age
The presence of concurrent stresses or crises in the parent's life

Characteristics of the death
The death surround
The timeliness of the death
The parent's perception of the preventability of the death
Whether the death was sudden or expected
The length of the illness prior to death
The amount of the parent's anticipatory grief and involvement with the dying child

The social factors influencing the bereaved parent's response to the death of the child include the following:

The parent's social support system and the acceptance and assistance of its members
The parent's socio-cultural, ethnic, and religious/philosophical background
The parent's educational, economic, and occupational status
the funerary rituals utilized

The physiological factors influencing the bereaved parent's response to the death of the child include the following:

The parent's use of drugs and sedatives
The parent's nutrition
the amount of rest and sleep the parent receives
The parent's physical health
The amount of exercise the parent gets

Source: Rando, Therese A. Parental Loss of a Child, Research Press Company, Champaign, Illinois, 1986., p. 18, Table 1.1.