Grief Counseling Exam 2

Question 1

FACTORS THAT MAY COMPLICATE GRIEF

Answer 1

1. Relational factors
2. Circumstantial Factors
3. Historical Factors
4. Personality Factors
5. Social Factors

Question 2

a factor that may complicate grief:  Highly ambivalent relationship with unexpressed hostility. (Unresolved stuff).
 The death may open old wounds
 In highly dependent relationships the death may lead to a desperate sense of helplessness.

Answer 2

Relational factors

Question 3

a factor that may complicate grief:  The loss is uncertain (MIA’s, no remains found)
 Multiple losses from plane crashes, natural disasters, fire may lead to bereavement overload.

Answer 3

Circumstantial Factors

Question 4

a factor that may complicate grief:  People who have had complicated grief reactions in the past will have a higher probability of a complicated reaction in the present
 There is interest in the influence of early parental loss on the development of subsequent complicated grief reactions in other losses.

Answer 4

Historical Factors

Question 5

a factor that may complicate grief:  Some people are unable to tolerate extremes of emotional distress
 One’s self-concept such as being the “strong one” in the family may hinder grief

Answer 5

Personality Factors

Question 6

a factor that may complicate grief:  The death is socially unspeakable (suicide, homicide, AIDS)
 The loss is socially negated (abortion)
 The absence of a social support network may cause complications

Answer 6

Social Factors

Question 7

types of abnormal grief

Answer 7

1. complicated (chronic, unresolved, abnormal) grief
2. delayed grief reaction
3. exaggerated greief (Worden)
4. masked grief

Question 8

grief extending over a long period of time without resolution

Answer 8

Complicated (chronic, unresolved) grief

Question 9

grief inhibited, suppresses or postponed response to a loss

Answer 9

Delayed grief reaction

Question 10

grief, persons are usually conscious of the relationship of the reaction of the death, but the reaction to the current experience is excessive and disabling

Answer 10

Exaggerated grief (Worden)

Question 11

grief, occurs when persons experience symptoms and behaviors which cause them difficulty but they do not see or recognize the fact that these are related to the loss

Answer 11

Masked grief

Question 12

a deliberate act of self-destruction

Answer 12

Suicide

Question 13

an unsuccessful suicide attempt

Answer 13

Suicidal gesture

Question 14

thoughts about committing suicide

Answer 14

Suicidal ideation

Question 15

four types of suicides

Answer 15

 Anomic suicide:  Fatalistic suicide:  Altruistic suicide:  Egoistic suicide:

Question 16

when a person commits suicide during times of adverse conditions, such as war or financial hardship, when the rules of society don’t seem to apply

Answer 16

Anomic suicide

Question 17

when a person commits suicide because one feel over-regulated or over-controlled. They feel there is no other way out.

Answer 17

Fatalistic suicide 

Question 18

when a person commits suicide due to a high sense of group involvement or out of a sense of duty for a cause (Kamikaze pilots in WWII, suicide bombers)

Answer 18

Altruistic suicide

Question 19

when a person commits suicide sue to feelings of being a loner or feeling that one does not fit into society

Answer 19

Egoistic suicide

Question 20

The term is derived from the Greek words for “well/good” and “death”

Answer 20

EUTHANASIA

Question 21

two types of euthanasia

Answer 21

 Passive euthanasia Active euthanasia

Question 22

the withholding of life sustaining drugs or treatment, such as kidney dialysis, from a patient who is terminally ill

Answer 22

Passive euthanasia

Question 23

taking active measures, such as Dr. Kevorkian did, to end the life of a terminally ill patient.

Answer 23

Active euthanasia