Grief & Suicide Terms

Grief & Suicide Terms: P

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Pain	A stressful and hurtful physical and/or psychological sensation.
Pain assessment	Evaluation of individual pain with pre-set criteria.
Pain behaviors	Observable verbal and non-verbal expressions of pain. (Fordyce)
Pain control	Achievement of optimal level of pain alleviation.
Pain management	Drug and non-drug interventions to control an individual's pain.
Pain scale	Set of verbal, numeric, or graphic representations used to gauge the severity of pain.
Pain threshold	Level at which an individual notices pain.
Pain tolerance	Level at which pain affects individual functioning.
Pain triggers	Factors that modify the individual pain experience.
Palliation	Intervention to relieve or ease pain.
Palliative	Intending or resulting in palliation.
Panic attack	The recurring "crisis phase" of a panic disorder.
Paradigm	Established conceptual context for theories and explanations.
Parasuicide	Non-fatal act of self-harm; a suicide gesture.
Parity	Principle that mental health benefits should be comparable to those for other illnesses.
Partial hospitalization	Patient spends some days/nights/weekends at a residential program while living at home.
Passive intervention	Activities that do not involve a change of behavior by an at-risk individual.
Patient-therapist relationship	Formal association existing when a clinician treats a client.
Prevention	Action to avert onset of risk or harm in a individual, group, community, etc.
Partial suicide	Non-fatal self-destructive act, e.g., self-mutilation.
Passive euthanasia	Withholding/ending care that could extend life of a dying person.
Passive suicidal ideation	Suicidal ideation not involving a specific suicide plan (Sivak et al.)
pathogenesis	Course of origin of a disease in an individual.
Pathological bereavement	Chronic, debilitating grief process.
Pathologize	View a behavior or condition as a disease.
Patient rights	Valid expectations of providers by those they serve.
Peer-led group	Support group led or facilitated by a volunteer suicide griever.
Peer support	Programs to build relationships for at-risk youth (CDC).
Penacide	Killing of pain; completion of suicide to end intense pain.
Permission to grieve	Seeking of recognition of loss by others by bereaved.
Personality-based suicidality	Vulnerability related to individual's personality and outlook on life.
Perturbation	Increased emotional disturbance in a suicidal individual (Shneidman).
Pharmacology	Scientific study of the actions and effects of drugs.
PHS	U.S public health service, agency of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Physical loss	Loss of something tangible (e.g., limb, pet).
Physician-assisted suicide	See assisted suicide.
Placebo	Inert or inactive substance given in place of a drug in a research study.
Plan	See suicide plan.
Post-traumatic stress	Severe emotional reaction to a traumatic event.
Post-vention	Intervention after a suicide to aid the bereaved.
Potentiating risk factor	Availability of lethal means, family history, stress, illness, etc.
Potentiator	Factor that amplifies another factor and combined effect is greater than each alone.
Predisposing risk factor	Condition when coupled with other risk may lead to suicide.
Pre-intervention	See primary prevention.
Premorbid	Prior to onset or presence of disease or disorder.
Preventability	Griever's perception of the avoidability of their loss.
Primary loss	The loss of a loved one to death by any cause.
Primary prevention	Attempt to reduce occurrence of a problem in a population.
p.r.n.	"Pro re nata" (as needed).
Processing anger	Acknowleging anger and identifying the underlying feelings.
Prodromal clues	Individual behavioral signs of suicidality.
Professionally-led group	Support group led by a clinician (e.g., therapist).
Prognosis	Predicted course and outcome of a disease in an individual.
Prolactin (prl) response	Neurochemical process linked to suicide.
Protective factors	Variables that may tend to keep an individual from completing suicide (e.g., religion).
Provider	Clinician or organization offering health care services.
Proximal risk factor	See potentiating risk factor.
Pseudocide	Pseudo-suicide; faked suicide.
PSTD	Post traumatic stress disorder; see post traumatic stress.
Psychache	Severe psychological pain(Shneidman).
Psychiatric suicide	Concept of suicide as always involving hate, depression, and guilt on part of victim.
Psychic blow	Event threatening acceptable life circumstances that may lead to suicide (Farber).
Psychic homicide	Suicide by children of abusive or hostile parents.
Psychic numbing	Shut-down emotionally; traumatic grief reaction (Raphael).
Psychic suicide	Willing oneself to die without any external physical action.
Psychobiology	Scientific study of the biochemical basis of behavior.
Psychobiological model	Suicide caused by neural dysfunction and poor impulse control.
Psychodynamic approach	Considering the fantasies, wishes, fears, and conflicts of the suicidal patient (Dulit & Michels).
Psychodynamic model	Suicide caused by lack of self-control due to personality pathology.
Psychodynamic therapy	Examination of relationships/experiences from childhood to adulthood to resolve emotional problems.
Psychological abandonment	Clinician's reluctance to deal with the family of a patient who died by suicide (Gutheil).
Psychological autopsy	Post-death search for cause of suicide.
Psychological crisis	Serious disruption of individual function that overcomes usual coping mechanisms.
Psychological death	Individual's definition of self as dead (Kalish).
Psychological emergency	Imminent risk of self-harm or danger to others without intervention.
Psychological pain	Pain caused by loss, depression, and other emotional trauma.
Psychological post-mortem	Post-death search for clinician treatment errors.
Psychological problem	Viewing a condition as having no physiological causes.
Psychomotor agitation	Restlessness, pacing, rocking, fidgeting, etc., on the part of a distressed individual.
Psychosocial	Combination/integration of social and psychological factors.
Psychosomatic	Physical discomfort/illness resulting from psychological stress.
Psychotherapy	Face-to-face client-therapist discussions to resolve personal problems.
Psychotropic drug	Medication affecting emotional functioning.

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