Grief/Loss Unresolved

Grief/Loss Unresolved Treatment Plan 

Goals

• Begin a healthy grieving process around the loss.

• Develop an awareness of how the avoidance of grieving has affected life and begin the healing process.

• Complete the process of letting go of the lost significant other.

• Resolve the loss and begin renewing old relationships and initiating new contacts with others.

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Behavioral Definitions

• Thoughts dominated by loss coupled with poor concentration, tearful spells, and confusion about the future.

• Serial losses in life (i.e., deaths, divorces, jobs) that led to depression and discouragement.

• Strong emotional response exhibited when losses are discussed.

• Lack of appetite, weight loss, and/or insomnia as well as other depression signs that occurred since the loss.

• Feelings of guilt that not enough was done for the lost significant other, or an unreasonable belief of having contributed to the death of the significant other.

• Avoidance of talking on anything more than a superficial level about the loss.

• Loss of a positive support network due to a geographic move.

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Diagnoses

• Major Depressive Disorder, Single Episode

• Major Depressive Disorder, Recurrent

• Bereavement

• Adjustment Disorder With Depressed Mood

• Adjustment Disorder With Disturbance of Conduct

• Dysthymic Disorder

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