Grief Final

Question 1

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Answer 1

Theories of Grief—Lindemannp10, “Normal Grief”Coconut Grove fire, 1942, over 500 dead “The Symptomatology and Management of Acute Grief” – 1944, he introduced the Grief Syndrome Survivor guilt

Question 2

• Somatic or bodily distress of some type
• Preoccupation with the image of the deceased
• Guilt relating to the deceased or circumstances of the death
• Hostile reactions (anger)
• Inability to function as before the loss (sense of absolute helplessness)

Answer 2

ERIC LINDEMANN – GRIEF SYNDROME

Question 3

• Studied the question, “Why do people grieve?”
• Attachments come from a need for security and safety (not for biological need)
• Situations that endanger the bond of attachment give rise to emotional reactions
• The greater the potential for loss, the more intense the reaction

Answer 3

JOHN BOWLBY…ATTACHMENT THEORY…POST LOSS GRIEF

Question 4

the tendency in human beings to make strong affectional bonds with others coming from the need for security and safety

Answer 4

Attachment theory (Bowlby)

Question 5

who adapted the five stages of death and dying?

Answer 5

Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

Question 6

What are the five stages of death and dying?

Answer 6

Denial and isolation
anger
bargaining
depression
acceptance

(DABDA)

Question 7

C.M. PARKES- FOUR PHASES OF MOURNING

Answer 7

1. Period of numbness
2. Phase of yearning
3. Phase of disorganization and despair
4. Phase of reorganized behavior

Question 8

a syndrome characterized by the presence of grief in anticipation of death or loss; the actual death comes as a confirmation of knowledge of a life-limiting condition

Answer 8

Anticipatory grief

Question 9

the intense physical and emotional expression of grief occurring as the awareness increases of a loss of someone or something significant

Answer 9

acute grief

Question 10

grief extending over a long period of time without resolution; also called abnormal grief

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Complicated (Unresolved, chronic) grief

Question 11

helping people facilitate uncomplicated grief to a healthy completion of the tasks of grieving within a reasonable time frame

Answer 11

Grief therapy (Worden)

Question 12

a defense mechanism in which anger is redirected toward a person or object other than the one who provided the anger originally

Answer 12

Displaced aggression

Question 13

the reaction of the body to an event; often experiences emotionally as a sudden, violent, and upsetting disturbance

Answer 13

Shock

Question 14

sincere feelings for the person who is trying to adjust to a serious loss

Answer 14

Sympathy