Loss and Bereavement Flashcards
1
Q
Give some typical Affective grief reactions to loss
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Depression Anxiety Guilt Loneliness Numbness
2
Q
What does Anhedonia mean?
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Loss of pleasure
3
Q
Give some typical Cognitive grief reactions to loss
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Preoccupations with deceased Ruminations Sense of presence of deceased Suicidal thoughts Sense of unreality Concentration difficulties
4
Q
Give some typical Behavioural grief reactions to loss
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Agitation
Fatigue
Crying
Emotional avoidance
5
Q
Give some typical Physiological-Somatic grief reactions to loss
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Loss of appetite
Sleep disturbance
6
Q
Does grief have a useful biological purpose?
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May be some parallels drawn between behaviour of grief and the distress a of child feeling abandoned.
The yearning / searching behaviour may confer an evolutionary advantage as it keeps individual / kinship groups together
7
Q
What are the five stages of Grief? DABDA
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Denial Anger Bargaining Depression Acceptance
