Bereavement

Serves as a sourcebook for researchers and clinicians working in the area of bereavement. This volume addresses three questions: What is known about the health consequences of bereavement? What further research would be important? and, Whether there are preventive interventions that should either be adopted or tested to evaluate their efficacy?

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"The book is well organized, well detailed, and well referenced; it is an invaluable sourcebook for researchers and clinicians working in the area of bereavement. For those with limited knowledge about bereavement, this volume provides an excellent introduction to the field and should be of use to students as well as to professionals," states Contemporary Psychology. The Lancet comments that this book "makes good and compelling reading....It was mandated to address three questions: what is known about the health consequences of bereavement; what further research would be important and promising; and whether there are preventive interventions that should either be widely adopted or further tested to evaluate their efficacy. The writers have fulfilled this mandate well."

Table of Contents


Front Matter
Front Matter
Front Matter
Front Matter
1 Introduction
Introduction
Introduction
Introduction
Part I. Bereavement: Reactions and Consequences
Epidemiologic Perspectives on the Health Consequences of Bereavement
Epidemiologic Perspectives on the Health Consequences of Bereavement
Epidemiologic Perspectives on the Health Consequences of Bereavement
2 Epidemiologic Perspectives on the Health Consequences of Bereavement
Adults' Reactions to Bereavement
Adults Reactions to Bereavement
Adults Reactions to Bereavement
3 Adults
Reactions to Particular Types of Bereavement
Reactions to Particular Types of Bereavement
Reactions to Particular Types of Bereavement
4 Reactions to Particular Types of Bereavement
Bereavement During Childhood and Adolescence
Bereavement During Childhood and Adolescence
Bereavement During Childhood and Adolescence
5 Bereavement During Childhood and Adolescence
Toward a Biology of Grieving
Toward a Biology of Grieving
Toward a Biology of Grieving
Part II. Perspectives on Bereavement
Monkeys' Responses to Separation and Loss
Monkeys Responses to Separation and Loss
Monkeys Responses to Separation and Loss
6 Toward a Biology of Grieving
Sociocultural Influences
Sociocultural Influences
Sociocultural Influences
7 Monkeys
Roles of Health Professionals and Institutions
Roles of Health Professionals and Institutions
Roles of Health Professionals and Institutions
8 Sociocultural Influences
Bereavement Intervention Programs
Bereavement Intervention Programs
Bereavement Intervention Programs
Part III. Assisting the Bereaved
Conclusions and Recommendations
Conclusions and Recommendations
Conclusions and Recommendations
9 Roles of Health Professionals and Institutions
Subject Index
Subject Index
Subject Index
10 Bereavement Intervention Programs
11 Conclusions and Recommendations
Index