Understanding loss and grief : a guide through life changing events /
Mongelluzzo, Nanette Burton,author.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-217) and index.
Acknowledgment -- Introduction -- Defining loss, grief, and bereavement -- Loss as a lifelong process life events and the loss continuum -- An overview of some personal losses -- As loss relates to the action of another -- The inevitable types of loss -- The family constellation of loss scenarios -- Special considerations about loss suicide -- Extended loss -- Global, environmental, and geographical loss -- The physiology of loss and grief -- Grieving styles -- Across the globe : multicultural understanding of grief -- Complicated grief and mourning -- Traumatic grief and posttraumatic stress disorder -- Coping strategies for loss and grief -- Therapy, counseling, psychiatry, and medication -- Alternative therapies -- Unhealthy coping and the dangers of self-medicating -- Change and what to expect over the long term -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the author.
Loss (Psychology)
Grief.