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                                                                                         Service · Integrity · Compassion

	Problems:
	Presence of guilt about things other than actions taken or not taken by the survivor at the time of death		Prolonged and marked functional impairment
	Presence of thoughts of death other than the survivor feeling that he/she would be better off dead or should have died with the deceased person		Hallucinatory experiences as often thinking that he/she hears the voices of  or transiently sees the image of the deceased person
	Morbid preoccupation with worthlessness		Avoidance of discussing of the loss

	Marked psychomotor retardation
	Goals:
	Begin a healthier grieving process around the loss		Begin the process of letting go of the loss
	Develop insight into his/her unhealthy response to loss		Eliminate all hallucinatory experiences
	Replace the loss with healthy relationships		Resume previous level of functioning both socially and at work
	Objectives:
	Patient will increase his/her ability to verbalize and experience feelings connected with the loss		Patient will verbalize and resolve feelings of anger or guilt focused on self or deceased one that hinders healing
	Patient will verbalize an increase in understanding of the process of grieving		Patient will acknowledge dependency on the lost loved one and begin the process of independence
	Patient will identify how the pathological grieving has negatively impacted his/her life		Patient will identify excessive idealization of the lost loved one