Grief, Trauma And Depression Flashcards
What is grief?
The natural emotional response resulting from a significant loss especially the death of a loved one
What is complicated grief?
Grief that last too long and takes over a persons life for years on end
What are the three steps of the grieving process?
Acute grief, complicated grief and integrated grief
Define acute grief?
Immediately after a loss it’s normal to have intense symptoms of a shock, distress, sadness, loss of appetite, sleep trouble and poor concentration
Define complicated grief?
The symptoms of acute grief never seem to go away. They can last for years. The loss of a loved one continues to feel unreal and unmanageable. You might constantly yearn for the diseased, or experience guilt over the idea of moving on and accepting the loss
Define integrated grief?
You have come to accept the reality of the loss and you resumed daily life activities. this does not mean that you miss your loved one any less or that you don’t feel pain at their memory. You’ve just learnt how to cope
What are the five stages of grief?
Denial anger bargaining depression acceptance
Define denial?
Individuals may refuse to accept the fact that a los has occurred
Define anger?
When an individual realised that a loss has occurred, they may become angry at themselves or others
Define bargaining?
Individual may try to change or delay their loss
Define depression?
Individual has come to recognise that a loss has occurred or will occur and might isolate themselves to spend time to cry and grieve
Define acceptance?
Individual will come to accept their loss and will come to term emotionally with the situation
What is depression?
Medical illness that negatively affect how you feel, the way you think and the way you act
What are the causes of depression?
Biological chemistry
inherited traits
hormones
Define biological chemistry
Neurotransmitters: naturally occurring brain chemicals signals: other parts of the brain and body
When chemicals are abnormal or impaired the systems change leading to depression
Define inherited traits
Depression is more common in people with blood relatives who also have the condition
Define hormones
Changes in the body is balance of hormones may trigger depression
What are the causes of depression in teens?
Early childhood trauma and learned patterns of negative thinking
Define early childhood trauma
Traumatic events
physical or emotional abuse loss of a parent causes changes in the brain and can cause depression
Define learned patterns of negative thinking
Link to learning to feel helpless rather than learning to feel capable of finding solutions for lifes challenges
What are the risk factors influencing depression in teens?
Issues that negatively impact self-esteem-peer problems, long term bullying or academic problems
Victim or witness of violence physical or sexual abuse
Continuous pain-chronic physical illness such as cancer, diabetes or asthma
Personality traits, low self esteem or self-critical or pessimistic
Abusing alcohol nicotine or other drugs
What are the factors increasing a teenagers risk of depression?
Parent grandparent or other relative with depression bipolar disorder or alcoholism family member who committed suicide dysfunctional family and conflict or recent stressful life events such as parental divorce or death of a loved one
What are the various kinds of trauma?
Natural disasters accidents violence physical assault sexual assault loss of a loved one
What are the complications related to teen depression and trauma?
Alcohol and drug abuse academic problems family conflicts relationship difficulties involvement with the Juvenile Justice System suicide
