A patient whose spouse died 1 year earlier complains of feeling overwhelmingly lonely and has withdrawn from interpersonal interactions. The patient is demonstrating what stage of dying according to Kübler-Ross's stages of dying theory?
a. Anger
b. Denial
c. Depression
d. Bargaining
ANS: C
When experiencing depression, the individual feels overwhelmingly lonely and withdraws from interpersonal interaction.
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