BCC Grief, Bereavement, and Loss in Chaplaincy 2

Question 1

Prolonged Grief Disorder (PGD) is characterized by intense grief symptoms persisting beyond:

Accepted Answer

12 months

Answer

According to DSM-5-TR criteria, Prolonged Grief Disorder is diagnosed when intense yearning, preoccupation with the deceased, and significant functional impairment persist beyond 12 months after the loss (6 months for children).

Question 2

A chaplain is caring for a mother who lost a child to suicide. The chaplain should be aware that survivors of suicide loss are at increased risk for:

Accepted Answer

Disenfranchised grief and stigma

Answer

Suicide loss survivors frequently experience disenfranchised grief due to social stigma, shame, and the lack of public mourning rituals, compounding their bereavement.

Question 3

Which approach best describes presence-centered chaplaincy in bereavement care?

Accepted Answer

Being fully attentive with the bereaved without trying to fix or explain

Answer

Presence-centered care involves the chaplain offering non-anxious, attentive companionship without imposing solutions or theological explanations, honoring the bereaved person's experience.

Question 4

Cultural humility in bereavement care requires a chaplain to:

Accepted Answer

Explore the individual's cultural and spiritual frameworks for understanding death

Answer

Cultural humility involves setting aside assumptions and genuinely exploring how the specific individual and family understand death, mourning, and meaning within their own cultural and spiritual frameworks.

Question 5

In a pediatric setting, a chaplain supports a child whose parent has died. Which developmental consideration is most important?

Accepted Answer

Children grieve in doses, alternating between play and grief

Answer

Children grieve in doses, moving in and out of grief rather than sustaining prolonged emotional states, which is developmentally normal and should not be mistaken for lack of feeling.

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BCC Grief, Bereavement, and Loss in Chaplaincy 2