A patient tells the nurse that since his wife died he has not been able to sleep and sees no reason to continue living. According to Freud's theory on grief and loss, what should the nurse realize this patient is experiencing?
1. depression
2. grieving
3. emancipation
4. denial
Correct Answer: 1
According to Freud's theory of grief and loss, the inability to grieve a loss results in depression. This is what the patient is experiencing by the inability to sleep and seeing no reason to continue living without his spouse. Grieving is the inner labor of mourning a loss. The patient is not grieving. Emancipation and denial are not elements of Freud's theory of grief and loss.
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