Assertion: demoralization | /r/HasProperty | diagnosed
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text: Demoralization can be diagnosed when a poor sense of coping is associated with low morale, reduced hope, and a sense of feeling stuck, with related symptoms of feeling helpless, pointless or purposeless, and with doubts about the value of continued life.
text: Those authors suggested that, in the medically ill, demoralization can be diagnosed if they meet a series of criteria, including feelings of helplessness and hopelessness and the perception of diminished competence and control in one's own functioning.
text: Those authors suggested that, in the medically ill, demoralization can be diagnosed if they meet a series of criteria, including feelings of helplessness and hopelessness and the perception of diminished competence and control in one's own functioning.
text: Thus, improved criteria might hold that demoralization can be diagnosed if a patient has a persisting mental state over two or more weeks as a result of a stressor event, with symptoms of 1) meaninglessness or purposelessness, 2) hopelessness or helplessness, 3) difficulty in coping and meeting expectations of self or others, and 4) feelings of failure or pointlessness that lead to a growing urge to stop trying, give up, withdraw, or consider ending life because of its lack of a worthwhile future.