Complicated grief : scientific foundations for health care professionals / / edited by Margaret Stroebe, Henk Schut and Jan van den Bout

• Pubblicazione: New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2013
• Edizione: First edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (353 p.)
• Disciplina: 155.9/37
• Soggetto topico: Grief; Grief therapy; Loss (Psychology)
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: SchutHenk, Prof StroebeMargaret S Van den BoutJan
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of illustrations; List of contributors; PART I Introduction; 1 Introduction: outline of goals and scope of the book; PART II The nature of complicated grief: conceptual approaches; 2 Complicated grief: philosophical perspectives; 3 The concept of complicated grief: lessons from other cultures; 4 On achieving clarity regarding complicated grief: lessons from clinical practice; 5 On the nature and prevalence of uncomplicated and complicated patterns of grief; 6 Complicated grief in children ; PART III Diagnostic categorization: scientific, clinical, and societal implications7 Prolonged grief disorder as a new diagnostic category in DSM-5; 8 Is complicated/prolonged grief a disorder? Why the proposal to add a category of complicated grief disorder to the DSM-5 is conceptually and empirically unsound; 9 Lessons from PTSD for complicated grief as a new DSM mental disorder; 10 Complicated grief in the context of other psychiatric disorders: PTSD; PART IV Contemporary research on risk factors, processes, and mechanisms ; 11 Prospective risk factors for complicated grief: a review of the empirical literature12 Repetitive thought: rumination in complicated grief; 13 Autobiographical memory processes in complicated grief; 14 Attachment insecurities and disordered patterns of grief; 15 Physiological mechanisms and the neurobiology of complicated grief; PART V Treatment of complicated grief: principles, paradigms, and procedures; 16 Prolonged grief disorder: cognitive-behavioral theory and therapy; 17 Internet-based bereavement interventions and support: an overview; 18 Family therapy for complicated grief ; 19 Brief group therapies for complicated grief: interpretive and supportive approaches20 Complicated grief after violent death: identification and intervention; PART VI Conclusions; 21 Complicated grief: assessment of scientific knowledge and implications for research and practice; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: How can complicated grief be defined? How does it differ from normal patterns of grief and grieving? Who among the bereaved is particularly at risk? Can clinical intervention reduce complications?Complicated Grief provides a balanced, up-to-date, state-of-the-art account of the scientific foundations surrounding the topic of complicated grief. In this book, Margaret Stroebe,Henk Schut and Jan van den Bout address the basic questions about the concept, manifestations and phenomena associated with complicated grief. They bring together researchers fro
• Titolo autorizzato: Complicated grief
• ISBN: 0-203-10511-7; 1-136-25243-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910462925203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II