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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818461103321

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

ISBN

1-280-24591-3

9786610245918

0-309-54123-9

0-585-00206-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 312 pages) : illustrations

Altri autori (Persone)

OsterweisMarian

SolomonFredric

GreenMorris

Disciplina

155.937

Soggetti

Bereavement - Psychological aspects

Bereavement - Psychosomatic aspects

Psychotherapy

Medical care

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographies and index.

Nota di contenuto

""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""