Crisis, Loss, Grief, Response
Crisis, Loss, Grief, Response
Crisis, Loss, Grief, Response
The trial-and-error attempts fall. The anxiety escalates to severe or panic levels.
The person adopts automatic relief behaviors.
When these measures do not reduce anxiety, anxiety can overwhelm the person and
lead to serious personality disorganization, which signals the person is in crisis
Types of Crises
Stage theory: Kubler-Ross, 1969 (denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance)
Integrated bereavement theory: (Sanders, 1998) shock and disbelief, awareness of loss,
conversation-withdrawal, healing, Renewal.
Dual Process Model: (Stroebe, Schut, & Boerner, 2010) Offers a nonlinear explanation
of how grieving persons and families come to terms with their loss over time.
The person adjusts to the loss by oscillating between loss-oriented coping and restoration-
oriented coping. The person is preoccupied between the deceased and the stressful events
as a result of death.
Oscillation is the process of confronting (loss oriented coping) and avoiding (restoration-
oriented coping) the stresses associated with bereavement.
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Types of Bereavement
Self Care
Medication
Counseling
Social support Strategies
Psychoeducation
Community care
Conclusion
A crisis is a time-limited event that occurs when coping mechanisms
fail to provide adaptive skills to address a perceived challenge or
threat.
Grief responses are intense physical, emotional, social, and cognitive
responses to loss, and bereavement is the process of healing after a
loss.
Stage theories propose that grief and bereavement follow
stages/phases. Process models explain bereavement as nonlinear.
Interventions are designed to support people through crises by
helping them understand the process of recovery and identify the
resources they need and how to get them
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