In the Parkes model, a person uses denial as a psychological defense in the stage of:
A) numbness.
B) yearning.
C) disorganization.
D) reorganization.
Ans: A
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In the numbness stage, which is usually brief, trauma so overwhelms the bereaved survivor that must use denial as a psychological defense.
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