- Expresses concern with meaning of life and death and/or belief systems.
- Verbalizes inner conflict about beliefs, concerns about relationship with deity.
- Questions moral and ethical implications of therapeutic regimen.
- Description of nightmares or sleep disturbances.
- Unable to accept self.
- Engages in self-blame.
- Anger towards God.
- Questions meaning of suffering.
- Questions meaning for own existence.
- Seeks spiritual assistance.
- Unable to choose/or chooses not to participate in usual religious practices.
- Displacement of anger toward religious representatives.
- Regards illness as punishment.
- Denies responsibilities for problems.
- Alteration in behavior or mood evidenced by anger, crying, withdrawal, preoccupation, anxiety, hostility, apathy, etc.
Offered by Debra.