Bereavement : reactions, consequences, and care / Marian Osterweis, Fredric Solomon, Morris Green, editors ; Committee for the Study of Health Consequences of the Stress of Bereavement, Institute of Medicine.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Osterweis, Marian.

Solomon, Fredric.

Green, Morris.

Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee for the Study of Health Consequences of the Stress of Bereavement.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bereavement--Psychological aspects.

Bereavement.

Bereavement--Psychosomatic aspects.

Psychotherapy.

Medical care.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 312 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1984.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"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."

Contents:

""Bereavement""; ""Copyright""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""CHAPTER 1 Introduction ""; ""MANDATE AND PROCESS OF THE STUDY""; ""REPORT OVERVIEW""; ""BEREAVEMENT AND STRESS THEORY""; ""DEFINITIONS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""FOOTNOTE""; ""Epidemiologic Perspectives on the Health Consequences of Bereavement""; ""CHAPTER 2 Epidemiologic Perspectives on the Health Consequences of Bereavement ""; ""THE QUESTION OF OUTCOMES""; ""THE CONSTELLATION OF DISTRESS AND GRIEF""; ""ADVERSE HEALTH CONSEQUENCES OF BEREAVEMENT""; ""Mortality""; ""Morbidity and Health Care Utilization""

""Possible Consequences Beyond the First Year"" ""RISK FACTORS""; ""Characteristics of Bereaved Individuals""; ""Relationship to the Deceased""; ""Nature of the Death""; ""Risk Factors Appearing After the Death""; ""CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Adults' Reactions to Bereavement""; ""CHAPTER 3 Adults' Reactions to Bereavement ""; ""THE PHENOMENOLOGY OF GRIEF""; ""Changes in Emotions and Thought Processes""; ""Behavioral Changes""; ""Interpersonal and Social Changes""; ""Physical Complaints""; ""THE END OF THE BEREAVEMENT PROCESS""; ""Favorable Outcomes""

""Pathological Outcomes"" ""EXPLANATORY MODELS OF THE BEREAVEMENT PROCESS""; ""Classical Psychoanalytic Theory""; ""Current Psychodynamic Perspectives""; ""Interpersonal and Attachment Theory Models""; ""Crisis Theory""; ""Cognitive and Behavioral Theories""; ""CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Reactions to Particular Types of Bereavement""; ""CHAPTER 4 Reactions to Particular Types of Bereavement ""; ""DEATH OF A SPOUSE""; ""DEATH OF A CHILD""; ""Stillbirths""; ""PERINATAL DEATH""; ""Sudden Infant Death""; ""The Death of an Older Child""

""Problems in Grieving for a Child"" ""DEATH OF A PARENT DURING ADULT LIFE""; ""DEATH OF A SIBLING DURING ADULT LIFE""; ""BEREAVEMENT FOLLOWING SUICIDE""; ""The Social Stigma of Suicide""; ""Assisting Survivors of Suicide""; ""Research Issues""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Bereavement During Childhood and Adolescence""; ""CHAPTER 5 Bereavement During Childhood and Adolescence ""; ""DEVELOPMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS""; ""METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES""; ""OUTCOMES OF CHILDHOOD BEREAVEMENT""; ""Immediate Reactions""; ""Intermediate Effects""; ""Long-Term (Delayed) Effects""

""Conclusions About Outcomes"" ""THE GRIEVING PROCESS IN CHILDREN""; ""Shifts in Self-Concepts Following Bereavement""; ""The Role of Identification in Grieving""; ""Common Thoughts, Concerns, and Fantasies""; ""Common Defensive Strategies""; ""Conclusions About the Grieving Process""; ""VARIABLES AFFECTING PROCESSES AND OUTCOMES""; ""Child's Age, Developmental Stage, and Emotional Stability at the Time of Bereavement""; ""Quality of Preexisting Relationship with the Deceased""; ""Sex of Deceased Parent and Bereaved Child""; ""Quality of the Child's Support System""; ""Remarriage of the Surviving Parent""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographies and index.

ISBN:

9786610245918

9781280245916

1280245913

9780309541237

0309541239

9780585002064

0585002061

OCLC:

923267695