Thano 3 Glossary – Flashcards
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* ACUTE GRIEF
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The intense physical and emotional expression of grief occurring as the awareness increases of a loss of someone or something significant.
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* AFFECT
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Feelings and their expression.
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* ANGER
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Blame directed toward another person.
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* ANXIETY
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A state of tension, typically characterized by rapid heartbeat, shortness of breath and other similar ramifications of arousal of the autonomic nervous system; an emotion characterized by a vague fear or premonition that something undesirable is going to happen.
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* BEREAVEMENT
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The experience of the emotion of grief; The act of separation or loss that results in the experience of grief; The condition arising from an event producing acute deprivation due to loss of someone or something in which emotional capital has been invested.
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* COMPLICATED GRIEF (UNRESOLVED, CHRONIC)
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Grief extending over a long period of time without resolution
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* COPING
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Characteristic ways of responding to stress
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* CRISIS
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A highly emotional temporary state in which an individual's feelings of anxiety, grief, confusion or pain impair his or her ability to act.
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* DEATH ANXIETY
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A learned emotional response to death-related phenomena which is characterized by extreme apprehension; Used synonymously with death fear.
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* DELAYED GRIEF REACTION
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Inhibited, suppressed or postponed response to a loss.
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* DENIAL
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A protective coping mechanism characterized by an inability to perceive external reality. The defense mechanism by which a person is unable or refuses to see things as they are because such facts are threatening to the self (ego); a defense mechanism, closely related to repression, in which the individual simply denies the existence of the events that have aroused anxiety.
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* EMOTION
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The outward expression or display of mood or feeling states
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* EMOTIONS
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Feelings such as happiness, anger or grief, created by brain patterns accompanied by bodily changes
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* EMPATHY
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The ability to enter into and share the feelings of others; A basic level of empathy is a counselor's capacity to understand the subjective world of the client and communicating this deep understanding to the client (Carl Rogers)
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* FACILITATE
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To assist understanding of the circumstances or situations the individual is experiencing, and to assist that person in the selection of an alternative adjustment if necessary.
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* FEAR
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Strong emotion marked by such reactions as alarm, dread and disquieting.
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* FEELINGS
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Pleasant or unpleasant experiences occurring when an individual is awake and conscious
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* FRUSTRATION
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The state of being prevented from attaining a purpose; thwarted; the blocking of motive satisfaction by some kind of obstacle.
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* FUNERAL SERVICE PSYCHOLOGY
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The study of human behavior as related to funeral service.
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* GENUINENESS
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The ability to present one's self sincerely.
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* GOALS
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objectives or adjustments to be achieved
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* GRIEF
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A state defined by Webster as "intense emotional suffering caused by loss"; an emotion or set of emotions due to a loss that is involved in the work of mourning
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* GRIEF SYNDROME (LINDEMANN)
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A set of symptoms associated with loss.
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* GRIEF WORK (LINDEMANN)
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A process occurring with loss aimed at loosening the attachment to the dead for reinvestment in the living.
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* HOSPICE
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A specialized health care program that serves patients with illnesses such as cancer during the last days of their lives; historically an Inn for travelers, especially one kept by a religious order; also used to indicate an institution designed to treat patients with a life-limiting condition.
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* MOTIVATION
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The process that initiates, directs, and sustains behavior satisfying physiological or psychological needs.
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* MOURNING
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An adjustment process which involves grief or sorrow over a period of time and helps in the reorganization of the life of an individual following a loss; the process of working through grief
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* PROJECTION
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Attribution of one's unacceptable thoughts, feelings, or behaviors to someone else
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* PSYCHIATRIST
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A medical doctor with a specialty in the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders.
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* PSYCHOLOGY
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The study of human behavior; the scientific study of behavior and mental processes
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* PSYCHOTHERAPY (JACKSON)
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Intervention with people whose needs are so specific that usually they can only be met by specially trained physicians or psychologists. The practitioners in this field need special training because they often work with deeper levels of consciousness.
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* RATIONALIZATION
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Supplying a logical, rational, socially acceptable reason rather than the real reason for an action
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* REGRESSION
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A defense mechanism used in grief to return to more familiar and often more primitive modes of coping.
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* REPRESSION
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Blocking of threatening material from consciousness
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* RESPECT
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The ability to communicate the belief that everyone possess the capacity and right to choose alternatives and make decisions
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* STRESS
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Life events and minor hassles that exert pressure or strain.
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* SUPPRESSION
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A conscious postponement of addressing anxieties and concerns
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* SYMPATHY
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Sincere feelings for the person who is trying to adjust to a serious loss or the death of close friend or relative
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* THANATOLOGY
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The interdisciplinary study of death-related behavior including actions and emotions concerned with dying, death, and bereavement. The study of death, especially the medical, emotional and final problems associated with dying.
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* THANATOPHOBIA
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An irrational, exaggerated, abnormally great fear of death.
