Loss and Grieving Flashcards

The experience of separation from something of personal importance.

Deep mental and emotional suffering that is a response to the subjective experience of loss of something significant.

When the patient behavior demonstrates no functional impairment.

<p>Stress - individual responses to stress vary.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Loss of external objects, loss of a known environment, loss of a significant other, loss of an aspect of self, loss of life.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Quality of life.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The same thing as grief.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, Acceptance.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Numbness or protest, Disequilibrium, Disorganization and despair, Reorganization.</p> Signup and view all the answers

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<p>Accepting the reality of the loss, working through the pain of grief, adjusting to an environment that has changed because of the loss, emotionally relocating what has been lost and moving on with life.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Hope is not a single act; it is a complex series of thoughts, feelings, and actions that change often.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Individual functioning, family functioning, experiences of loss.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Usually lasts 6-8 weeks in adults.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Strong dependency on the lost concept, ambivalent relationship, multiple recent losses, loss of a young person, unstable physical or psychological health, perceived responsibility for the loss.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>With the support of significant others and the opportunity to prepare for the loss.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Experiencing feelings and emotions associated with grief before the actual loss occurs.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Avoiding or minimizing emotions, using alcohol or drugs to self-medicate, using work to avoid feelings.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It is complicated to understand individuals who fail to express grief.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Patient states the feeling of worthlessness.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The absence of evidence of grief when it ordinarily would be expected.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>All symptoms associated with normal grieving are exaggerated.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Keeping the lost loved one alive as though he or she will eventually return.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Prevent the bereaved from adaptively performing activities of daily living.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Maladaptive response includes feelings of worthlessness or loss of self-esteem, which are absent in normal grieving.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>No longer than 1 year.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Express feelings early, seek social support, exhibit more sorrow, depression, and guilt, more willing to talk about loss.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Take on a managerial role, intellectualize emotions, feel more anger, fear, and loss of control, use denial more, are more private about grief.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Concept of death seen as reversible, intense but brief responses, awareness of care patterns, and repeated questioning.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Kind demeanor, encouragement to talk about feelings, permission for play related to death, honesty, sharing of feelings, reassurance.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Concept of death still seen as reversible, concerns with the process of death, more verbalization, general distress.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Clear answers to questions, an accepting listener, explanations to refute fears, acceptance of play about death.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Beginning to see death as final, specific questions about death, desire for details, starting to mourn.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Being taken seriously, inclusion in family discussions, acceptance of grieving methods, understanding the emotions surrounding death.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Ability to abstract, understand death conceptually, experience extreme sadness, denial, risk-taking behaviors.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Inclusion in planning, information on what to expect, understanding expected behaviors, observing adult grief, encouraged communication.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Act natural, show care, listen, talk about the deceased, acknowledge difficult times, help symbolize the death.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Shelter children from reality, provide false messages, discourage crying, distract from emotions, pry into personal matters.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>With the support of significant others and the opportunity to prepare for the loss.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Absence of grief when it ordinarily would be expected, potentially unhealthy.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Grief is experienced in waves, diminishes, has a healthy self-image; depression is static, characterized by depletion, and unresponsive to support.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Attending support groups, therapy, journaling, eating well, exercising, getting enough rest, using antidepressants if needed.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Loss of the capacity to experience pleasure and inability to gain pleasure from normally pleasurable experiences.</p> Signup and view all the answers

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