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Stress Grief Loss Flashcards

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stress

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  • body & mind’s reaction to everyday challenges & demands
  • harmful, energizing, exhausting
  • reaction determines effect
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stressor

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  • anything that causes stress
  • source of stress in each person’s life
  • people, places, things
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perception

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the act of becoming aware through the senses

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psychosomatic response

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a physical reaction that results from the stress rather than an injury/illness

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ways to handle stress

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  • relaxation techniques
  • refusal skills (say NO)
  • plan ahead
  • think +
  • reddirect energy
  • find support
  • avoid drugs/alcohol
  • prioritize goals
  • time management
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chronic stress

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  • long-term problems that are beyond someone’s control
  • stressful situations that are prolonged over a period of time
  • preogressively cause the body to break down
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stress tolerance

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amount of stress that someone can handle before thay reach a state of too much

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4 instinctive responses to stress

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  1. fight
  2. flight
  3. freeze
  4. compromise
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3 stages of the human stress response

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  1. alarm - initial reaction high alert, initial reaction
  2. resistance - secondary response attempting to repair damage
  3. **fatigue - exhaustion ** body breaks down & health problems occur
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stressbusters

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  • 7-10 hours of sleep
  • regular physical activity 3-5 times per week
  • nutritious diet
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5 stages of grief

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variety of reactions that may surface as someone makes sense of how a loss of a loved one affects him/her

  1. denial
  2. anger
  3. bargaining
  4. depression
  5. acceptance
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emotional release

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good cry for most *denial

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remorse

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triggers a for of *depression

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hope

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don’t forget about them, but reinvest in life *acceptance

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closure

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  • end of the most intense part of the grieving process
  • accepting person’s death
  • acceptance of a loss
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grief (reaction)

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the feeling of sorrow that follow a loss

(individual’s response)

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coping

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  • dealing successfully w/ difficult changes in your life
  • personal strategies that each person uses to help the grieving process
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mourning

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  • the act of showing sorrow or grief
  • the process of dealing w/ loss & grief
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traumatic event

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any event that has a stressful impact sufficient to overwhelm your normal coping strategies

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empathy

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feelings & emotions that are expressed to the deceased persons family & friends

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anxiety

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condition of feeling uneasy or worried about what may happen

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apathy

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a lack of strong feeling, interest, or concern

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depression

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prolonged feeling of helplessness, hopelessness, & sadness

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3 types of depression

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  1. **major ** intense, weeks/months
  2. **mild ** less severe. years
  3. **adjustment disorder ** reaction to a specific life event
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3 causes of depression

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  1. **physical ** medical condition/illness
  2. psychological surviving traumatic event
  3. **environmental ** physically/emotionally harmful
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3 affects of depression

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changes in…

  1. thinking
  2. feelings
  3. behavior
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ego defense mechanism

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ego=self

defense=protection

mechanism=(un)consious strategies that are used to help reduce stress levels

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3 R’s of conflict resolution

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  1. respect
  2. rights
  3. responnsibility
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(cluster) suicides

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intentionally taking one’s own life

(a series occuring within a short period of time & involving several people in the same community)

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risk factors of suicide

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  • depressoin
  • family history
  • drugs/alcohol
  • stress
  • access to guns
  • abuse
  • previous attempts
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suicide treatment methods; therapies

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  1. psychotherapy
  2. behavior
  3. cognitive
  4. family
  5. group
  6. drug
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3 types of assailants

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individual or group of people responsible for the attack

  1. **anger ** revenge motivated, often child victims
  2. **power ** aggressive, force, overpower, dominate
  3. **sadistic **emotionally disturbed, mentally unstable, psychologically ill
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random violence

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violence committed against someone for no particular reason

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sexual harassment

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  • sexual coercion or blackmail
  • innapropriate sexual comments
  • sexually degrading/humiliating statements or physical gestures
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sexual misconduct

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  • inapropriate sexual conduct/behavior
  • streaking, public nudity, voyeurism-“peeping Toms”
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sexual abuse

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  • intentionally injuring or causing physical harm
  • non-consensual physical contact w/ genitals
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sexual assault

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  • threat/attempt to strike another, whether successful or not, provided the target is aware of the danger
  • non-consensual intercourse
  • sexual penetration of any type w/o consent
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avoid date rape

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  • Sip from cans
  • Monitor beverage
  • Avoid drugs/alcohol
  • Refuse open drinks
  • Throw away salty drinks
  • dont leave drinks unattended
  • only accept drinks opened by bartenders
  • have a back up plan
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victims of sexual violence should

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  • report to police
  • dont take shower
  • medical exam & tested
  • contact rape crisis center
  • counseling/support group
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understanding death ages

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  • 0-2 = NO concept
  • 3-5 = sleeping
  • 6-9 = media portrayed
  • 10-12 = misunderstood, immortal?
  • teen+ = recognized & inevitable
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stages of the human dying process

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  1. clinical death
  2. brain death
  3. biological death
  4. cellular death
  5. rigor mortis
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types of burial

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  • cremation
  • cemetery
  • mausoleum
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euthanasia

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ending life of the terminally ill to spare any further suffering

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active euthanasia

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  • physician assisted suicide take direct actions to end life
  • only legal in 3 states
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passice euthanasia

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  • providing care & pain relieving meds, but allowing them to die
  • legal in all states
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hospice

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provides medical care for terminally ill, but does’nt make any effort to delay death or prolong life

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will

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doc. that disburses the deceased individuals personal assets

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living will

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doc. that declares specific requests to be allowed to die & not keep alive by artificial means

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power of attorney

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legal doc. that transfers all decision making of you to someone else

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