Stages of grief (Kubler-Ross)
DABDA
Helps clinicians recognise normal responses to loss or terminal illness.
People do not pass through stages in a fixed order, and some skip stages.
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DABDA. It helps you recall: Stages of grief (Kubler-Ross).
Depression
Acceptance
Bargaining
D: Denial; A: Anger; B: Bargaining; D: Depression; A: Acceptance.
It belongs to Mood disorders in Psychiatry.
People do not pass through stages in a fixed order, and some skip stages.
Helps clinicians recognise normal responses to loss or terminal illness.
Say it aloud, write it from memory tomorrow, then again in a week. Then test yourself on a Psychiatry question about Mood disorders.
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