Karen has been caring for her elderly mother the last 3 years. During that time, Karen has watched as her parent slowly lost all recollection of her past life and surroundings due to Alzheimer's. A once close-knit relationship has now become a strained one, due to the elderly woman thinking of Karen as a stranger. The daughter is devastated and suffering from high levels of grief. Karen is at risk of developing:

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Large amounts of emotional distress put a person at risk for developing pathological coping mechanisms across a variety of venues
physical and emotional. Researchers have long recognized the symptom links between the mind and the body, which is one of the reasons social workers assess a person not only by history and symptoms, but also by environment.

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