Title: Theories of loss and grief - The Nurse Break
Headings: Theories of loss and grief
Theories of loss and grief
Table of Contents
Loss and Grief
Types of loss:
Factors that can affect peoples responses to loss can include:
Summary of theories of loss
Freud: psychoanalytic theory
Bowlby: Protest, despair and detachment
Engel: acute grief, restitution and long-term grief
Kubler-Ross: Stages of coping with loss
Caplan: stress and loss
Some nursing roles (Lemone et al., 2015):
References
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Content: Grief is an emotional response to loss. The loss of a job, goal, loved one and so on may trigger grief. Types of loss: Death, health, body part, social status, lifestyle, relationship, reproductive function, sexual function
Factors that can affect peoples responses to loss can include: Age, rituals of mourning, social support, families, cultural and spiritual practices. Summary of theories of loss
Freud: psychoanalytic theory
Freud (1917/1957) referred to grief and mourning as reactions to loss. An inability to grieve loss results in depression. Bowlby: Protest, despair and detachment
Argued the grieving process started with loss or separation and ends with the grieving person experiencing feelings of emancipation.