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mental disorder def.
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an illness that affects the mind and reduces a persons ability to function, to adjust to change, or to get along with others
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stigma def.
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negative label or mark of shame
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cause of metal disorders
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physical factors, recent experiences, heredity, early experiences
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anxiety disorder def.
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unexplained fears that persist for a long time and interferes with daily living
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ocd(obsessive compulsive disorder)
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uncontrolled/unwanted thoughts, actions, or behaviors
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obsessive refers to:
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unwanted thoughts/images that take control of the mind
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compulsive refers to:
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repeated, irisistible behaviors
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phobia def.
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axiety related to a specific situation or object
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panic attack symptoms
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unexplained feelings of terror, pounding of heart, shortness of breath/dizziness
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PTSD stands for..
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post traumatic stress disorder
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post traumatic stress disorder is developed after...
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exposure to a terrifying evebnt that threatened or caused physical harm
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sumptoms of ptsd:
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flashbacks, nightmares, guilt, problems concentrating, sleeplessness
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ptsd might develope...after evebt
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weeks after
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general anxiety disorder
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intense worry, fears or anxiety most days for atleast 6 months
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symptoms of general anxiety
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irritable, restlessness, easily fatigues, muscle tension
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hypochondria:
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fear of diseases that are not present
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mood disorder is an..
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illness that involves mood extremes that interfere with everyday living
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clinical depression
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feelings of sadness,hopelessness or despair that last for more than a few weeks and interfere with daily interests and activities
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clinical depression results from...
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chemical imbalance
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howmany americans have clinical depression?
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19 million
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bipolar disorder is also known as...
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manic depressive disorder
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bipolar disorder is...
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extreme mood chances, enerygy level;s and behaviors that switch between depression and extreme happiness
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SAD stands for..
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seasonal affective disorder
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sad is when
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low exposure to sunlight causes depression
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symptooms of SAD
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need sleep, craving carbs, irritable
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therapies used to treat SAD
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exercise habits, anti depressants, light therapy
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personality disorder is when
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ppl think and behave in ways that make it difficult to get along with others
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antisocial personality disorder
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unable to show remorse for behaviors and lie/maipulate others/selfish/demanding
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borderline personality disorder
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difficulty controlling emotions, low self esteem, engages in high risk activities
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dependent personality disorder
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cannot make decisions,strong need for apporival of others, avoid people for fear of rejection
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multiple personality disorder(MPD) is also known as...
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dissociative identity disorder(DID)
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multi personality disorder is when
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2 or more personalities coexist within the same person
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scizophrenia
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split mind, lose contact with reality, difficulty udnerstanding difference between real and fake
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schizophrenia is most likely to affect people i nthe age range of..
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15 to 35
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eating disorder is
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preoccupation with food and weight
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anorexie nervosa
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prevent weight gain by starvation and exercise
thinnness=self worth |
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bulimia nervosa
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characterized by a cycle of binging and throwing up
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addiction disorder
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compellign need to take a drug or engage in a specific behavior
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Psychiatrist
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A licensed physician who can prescibe medication, and can have people admitted to hospitals.
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Psychologist
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Health professional who has a Ph.D. in Counseling or clinical psychology. They are trained in various types of therapy. Can do individual and group counseling sessions. Can specialize in family and/or sexual counseling.
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Social Worker
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Health professional who has a Masters' Degree. A profession or work of providing people in need with social services.
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Counselor
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Health professional with a Master's Degree in counseling or psychology. Advisor on personal problems.Somebody who helps others with personal, social, or psychological problems.
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stress is..
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the body and minds reaction to everyday demands and threats
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regular stress is
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neutral stress which often challanges people in their day to day tasks(school,work,athletics)
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eustress
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posititve stress which helps people to meet their goals(going on a date/promotion)
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distress
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negaytive stress which can cause too much pressire and trauma in ones life (overworked, failing a class, losing a job)
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examples of stress from major life changes
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gaduating hs, death of parents, failing a grade
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examples of environmental stress
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noise, living in unsafe place
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examples of catastraphes
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violent crimes,war, natural disasters
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examples of everyday problems
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disagreements, hasslezs(misplaced keys,misses bus)
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sighns of overstressed
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lack of memory, lack of appetite, emotion mood swings, severe headaches, lack of energy
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health problems from stress
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drugs/acohol, depression, suicide, phsychological proble,s, mental illness, ulcers, stroke, heart attack, always sick
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responding to stress by fight
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confront the stressor (example, do homework)
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responding to stress by flight
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run from the stressor(example, dont do homework)
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interpersonal confrlics
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stress caused by conflicts between two people or groups of people (arguments)
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internal conflicts
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styress caused by conflicts that occur within the person themselves
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Confrlict resolution strategy T.A.L.K (what each letter means)
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T: take a time out
A: allow each person to present point of view L: let each persons ask questions K: keep brainstorming to find best solution for both ppl |
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rationalizations
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making excuses and justifying behavior to cover up the stressful situation
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denial:
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pretending never occured
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projection
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blaming someone else to avoid being stressed
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displacement:
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taking out frustration on someone or something that had nothing to do with the situation
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substituition:
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replacing one action for another to conceal stress (drinking/drugs)
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compensations:
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settling for something less than what was expected to relive stress
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regression
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resorting to child like bahaviors (tantrums)
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__% of time, a friend was the only person who knew about the suicidal thought of a friend who died later
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41
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suicide claims the lives of this many people anually in the usa
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30,000
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most people kill themselves than kill eachother
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true
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an average of one person kills themselves every
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16 minutes
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thisi s the estimated number of suicide attempts in the usa each year
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over 1 million
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this # of living americans have made a suicide attempt
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5 million
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most suicidal people communicate their intent before they attempt
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true
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each suicide affects this many people
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6
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number of living survivers of a suicide vitim
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4 million
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suicide since the 1950's has
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quadrupled
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highest average of youth suicides per day is in the
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summer
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3 general causes of death
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disease, trauma, and old age
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leading cause of death for all ages
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disease
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leading cause of death for old people
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old age
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leading cause of death for teens
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trauma
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3 leading causes of death in young adults/teens
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unintentional injury, homicide, suicide
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grief is
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the feelings of sorrow that follow the loss of something or the death of a loved one
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grief reaction
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the individual persons response to a major loss or death of loved one
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delayed geif response
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the reasontion to grief is delayed and often becomes intense after shock is gone
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closure is
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the end of the most itnense part of grieving and acepting the death
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bereavement
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the period of time in which we are greiving the death of loved one, no specific time for grieving
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5 stages of acceptance
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denial, anger, bargaining, depressions, acceptance
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acceptance step denial
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denying it happened/happenign to you
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acceptance step: anger
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enraged at the injustice of death
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acceptance step bargaining
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attempts to play lets make a deal and extend/postpone death
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acceptance step depression
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deep sense of sadness
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reactive depression:
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lost of health/cost of illness
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preparatory depression
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loss of life and loved one
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acceptance step acceptence
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comes to terms with the loss of the deceased, accept the death
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there is __ speciific way to handle greif
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NO
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Childrens understanding of death 0-2
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no concept of death
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Childrens understanding of death 3-5
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death is sleeping
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Childrens understanding of death 6-9
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death is what media says (false imagary)
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Childrens understanding of death 10-12
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death can be misunderstood and viewed as being immortal
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Childrens understanding of death teens and older
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recognized as final and inevitable part of life
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clinical death and time length
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0-4 minutes
heart and lungs stop functioning, starting dying process |
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brain death and time length
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4-6 minutes
brain stops functioning when deprived of oxygenated blood |
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biological death and time length
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6-9 minutes
major organs,liver,kidney stops functioning |
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cellular death and time length
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9-12 minutes
all remaining body tissue stop functioning |
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rigor mortis and time length
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happens 24-48 hours after death
chemical reactions occur causing stiffening of the body |
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slang term for dead people
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STIFFs
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wake visitation
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time in which we pay respect to family and can see dead person for last time
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memorial service
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service that pays tribute to dead person
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funeral burial
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ceremony for placing dead person in final place after death
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4 factors that determine tiype of funeral planned
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tradition,culture,religio,cost
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embalming
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the process of removing body fluids and replacing them with formaldehyde based preservative (delays body's decomposition)
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restoration
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the process of using makeup,facial clay and morticians wax to restore and reconstruct the bodys physical features
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euthanasia
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ending life of the terminally ill to spare further suffering
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passive euthanasia
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legal in all states. provide pain/relieving medication for ill, but allowing them to die
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hospice care
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provides medical care for ill but does not make any further effort to delay death
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active euthanasia
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only legal in Oregon. physicians take direct actions to end ill ppls life
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will
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document that disburses the deceased individuals personal assets
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living will
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document that declares specific requests to be allowed to die and not kept alive by artificial means
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DNR order
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do not resuscitate medical order that is issued to terminally ill patients who have a living will
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power of attorney
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legal documents that transfers all decision making of you to someone else
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in-ground /cemetary
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casketed or cremated and buried in cemetery plot
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above ground/mausoleum
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casketed or cremated and put in tomb or crypt in wall of mausoleum
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cryogenics
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freezing the body in liquied nitrogen and placing the body in cold storage
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