Bereavement:

•the state of being sad because a family member or friend has recently died a period of
bereavement

Pyschological:

•means mental or emotional rather than physical. After a shock, your problems, and even your
physical pain, stem from psychological sources rather than any bodily ailment

Psychotherapeutic:

•of, relating to, or used in psychotherapy

Mental health:

•Mental health refers to cognitive, behavioral, and emotional well-being. It is all about how
people think, feel, and behave. People sometimes use the term “mental health” to mean the absence of
a mental disorder. Mental health can affect daily living, relationships, and physical health

Resilience:

•it has been used to describe people and systems that bounce back from negative experiences
and disturbances. It has also been used to refer to systems that survive being jostled around — whether
or not they go back to where they were before, or to any stable state, for that matter

Idiosyncratic:

•means unique to an individual

COVID-19:

•an acute respiratory illness in humans caused by a coronavirus, capable of producing severe
symptoms and in some cases death, especially in older people and those with underlying health
conditions. It was originally identified in China in 2019 and became pandemic in 2020

Pandemic:

•A pandemic is a disease outbreak that spreads across countries or continents. It affects more
people and takes more lives than an epidemic. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-
19 to be a pandemic when it became clear that the illness was severe and that it was spreading quickly
over a wide area.