Loss and Grief Test Review

Antiretroviral drugs and drug therapy combinations

Allowed those with HIV infections and AIDS to live longer

AIDS related deaths

Can be socially unspeakable loss

Exaggerated Grief Reactions

Clinical depression following a loss

Clue 5

Diagnosing complicated mourning is demonstrated by patients who develop physical symptoms like those with decreased experiences before death

Chronic Grief Reactions

Excessive in duration and never comes to a satisfactory conclusion

Circumstantial Grief

Inconclusive grieving following the lose of a spouse considered missing in action

What's true about dreams in grief therapy

It isn't unusual to have these about the deceased that occur around the anniversary of the death

Vamik Volkan devolved?

Linking objects were devolved by.....and play a role in the non resolution or mourning

Stillbirth

Miscarriages cause the family to grieve as much for what they might have had as for what they've lost

Anticipatory grief

Refers to grieving that occurs prior to the actual loss

Disenfranchised Grief

Socially negated losses lead to what Doka calls...

What is the technique used by Gestalt grief therapists

The empty chair....where the client talks directly to the deceased person in the present tense

What is common for survivors of anticipatory grief

To practice role rehearsal on their minds

The first step of grief therapy

To set up the contract with the patient

Sudden death, what does that do to people

Usually leaves survivors with a sense of unreality about the loss

Clue 9

When diagnosing complicated mourning this relates o self-destructive impulses and actions

Three changes that occur to evaluate the effectiveness of grief therapy

1. Behavioral 2. Changes in subjective experiences 3. Symptoms relief

What's the predominant feeling(s) of survivors of those who died from suicide

1. Shame 2. Guilt 3. Anger

HIV virus now affects....

A broader segment of society than it once did

What type of bereavement is more intense and lasts longer

Grief suicide bereavement

Masked Grief Reaction

Often results in a physical symptom

What are linking objects similar to

To mementos such as those that children hold on to as they grow away from the parents