Loss and Death

Type of loss

1. actual loss

2. perceive loss

3. anticipatory loss

4. situational loss

5. developmental loss

Sources of loss

a. loss of an aspect of one self

b. loss of an object external to oneself

c. separation from an accustomed environment

d. loss of a loved or valued person

Grief- the total response to the emotional experience related to loss

- permits the individual to cope with the loss gradually and to accept it as part of reality

- a social process

Bereavement- the subjective response experienced by the surviving loved ones.

Mourning- the behavioral process through which grief is resolved.

Types:

a. abbreviated grief- brief but genuinely felt.

b. anticipatory grief- experienced in advanced of the event.

c. disenfranchised grief- occurs when a person is valuable to acknowledge the loss to other person.

Complicated grief- exists when the strategies to cope with the loss are maladaptive.

- may exist for 6 months and lead to reduced ability to function normally.

Factors contributes:

1. traumatic loss

2. strained relationship between the survivor and the deceased.

3. family cultural barriers to the emotional expression of grief.

4.
Forms:

1. unresolved or chronic grief- extended in length and severity.

2. inhibited grief- many of the normal symptoms of grief are suppressed.

3. delayed grief- occurs when feelings are purposely or subconscious suppressed until much later time.

4. exaggerated grief- a survivor who appear during dangerous activities.

Complicated grief after a death may be inferred.

Form:

1. fails to grieve

2. avoids visiting the grave and refuses to participants in memorial services, even though those
practices are part of the clients culture.

3. clients relationship with friends and relatives worsen following the death.

4. develops persistent guilt and