Forbidden grief
Subtitle: the unspoken pain of abortion
By: Theresa Burke, Ph.D. with David C. Reardon, Ph.D.
Contributors: Reardon, David C., author
Edition: Revised and updated.
Published: 2007
Language: eng
Number of pages: 334
ISBN-13: 9780964895799
Subjects: Repression (Psychology); Abortion counseling; Abortion; Grief; Post-traumatic stress disorder; Case studies; Psychological aspects; Pregnancy; Unwanted Pregnancy
Other titles: Unspoken pain of abortion; Pain of abortion
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-330) and index.
Table of contents: title: Gina's Story; title: Hiding the Truth; title: Forbidding the Grief; title: A Time to Grieve, A Time to Heal; title: Maternal Confusion; title: Mind Games: The Use and Misuse of Defense Mechanisms; title: Connections to the Past; title: Abortion as a Traumatic Experience; title: Memories Unleashed; title: Reenacting Trauma; title: Repeat Abortions; title: Sexual Abuse and Abortion; title: Something Inside Has Died: Booze, Drugs, Sex, and Suicide; title: Broken Babies; title: What's Eating You? Abortion And Eating Disorders; title: Paradise Lost: Abortion and Ruined Relationships; title: No Choice, Hard Choice, Wrong Choice; title: The Labor of Grief and Birth of Freedom; title: APPENDIX A The Politics of Trauma; title: APPENDIX B The Complexity and Distortions of Post-Abortion Research; title: APPENDIX C The Elliot Institute Survey: Psychological Reactions Reported After Abortion; title: APPENDIX D Resources.