Chapter 9 Key Terms
- Aggression
- behaviors intended to harm or assert dominance over others
- Anger
- subjective, emotional state characterized by antagonism toward someone or something perceived as causing harm or offense
- Assisted dying
- intentionally ending a life to prevent further pain and suffering
- Burnout
- state of chronic physical and emotional exhaustion often associated with feelings of cynicism and detachment from work
- Compassion fatigue
- decreased capacity for empathy over time due to repeated exposure to traumatic events or losses
- Complicated grief
- type of grief characterized by prolonged and intense mourning
- De-escalation
- recognizing early signs of agitation or aggression, such as changes in a client’s body language, tone of voice, or behavior to prevent an escalating situation from becoming harmful or violent by reducing the intensity and reestablishing communication with the individual involved
- Disenfranchised grief
- type of grief that is not openly acknowledged or socially supported
- Emotional abuse
- (also: Psychological abuse) involves a person subjecting or exposing another individual to behavior that can result in psychological trauma
- Emotional dysregulation
- inability to manage or appropriately express emotions
- Grief
- natural emotional response to loss
- Loss
- actual or perceived deprivation of someone or something valued, leading to an experience of grief
- Physical abuse
- intentional use of physical force that results in injury, pain, or impairment
- Psychological abuse
- (also: Emotional abuse) involves a person subjecting or exposing another individual to behavior that can result in psychological trauma
- Restraint
- technique where physical or mechanical means restrict a client’s movement
- Seclusion
- confining a client in a room from which the client cannot freely exit
behaviors intended to harm or assert dominance over others
subjective, emotional state characterized by antagonism toward someone or something perceived as causing harm or offense
intentionally ending a life to prevent further pain and suffering
state of chronic physical and emotional exhaustion often associated with feelings of cynicism and detachment from work
decreased capacity for empathy over time due to repeated exposure to traumatic events or losses
type of grief characterized by prolonged and intense mourning
recognizing early signs of agitation or aggression, such as changes in a client’s body language, tone of voice, or behavior to prevent an escalating situation from becoming harmful or violent by reducing the intensity and reestablishing communication with the individual involved
type of grief that is not openly acknowledged or socially supported
(also: psychological abuse) involves a person subjecting or exposing another individual to behavior that can result in psychological trauma
(also: emotional abuse) involves a person subjecting or exposing another individual to behavior that can result in psychological trauma
inability to manage or appropriately express emotions
natural emotional response to loss
actual or perceived deprivation of someone or something valued, leading to an experience of grief
intentional use of physical force that results in injury, pain, or impairment
technique where physical or mechanical means restrict a client’s movement
confining a client in a room from which the client cannot freely exit
