Forbidden grief
Subtitle: the unspoken pain of abortion
By: Theresa Burke with David C. Reardon ; foreword by Laura Schlessinger.
Contributors: Reardon, David C.
Publisher: Acorn Books
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Springfield, IL
Language: eng
Number of pages: 327
Subjects: Abortion counseling -- Case studies.; Abortion -- Psychological aspects -- Case studies.; Pregnancy, Unwanted -- Psychological aspects -- Case studies.; Grief -- Case studies.; Repression (Psychology) -- Case studies.; Post-traumatic stress disorder -- Case studies.
Genres: Case studies.
Other titles: Unspoken pain of abortion; Pain of abortion
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-309) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: CHAPTER ONE Gina's Story 23; title: CHAPTER TWO Hiding the Truth 31; title: CHAPTER THREE Forbidding the Grief 49; title: CHAPTER FOUR A Time to Grieve, A Time to Heal 63; title: CHAPTER FIVE Maternal Confusion 69; title: CHAPTER SIX Mind Games: The Use and Misuse of 81; title: Defense Mechanisms; title: CHAPTER SEVEN Connections to the Past 93; title: CHAPTER EIGHT Abortion as a Traumatic Experience 105; title: CHAPTER NINE Memories Unleashed 121; title: CHAPTER TEN Reenacting Trauma 133; title: CHAPTER ELEVEN Repeat Abortions 145; title: CHAPTER TWELVE Sexual Abuse and Abortion 157; title: CHAPTER THIRTEEN Something Inside Has Died: Booze, 167; title: Drugs, Sex, and Suicide; title: CHAPTER FOURTEEN Broken Babies 179; title: CHAPTER FIFTEEN What's Eating You? Abortion And 187; title: Eating Disorders; title: CHAPTER SIXTEEN Paradise Lost: Abortion and Ruined 201; title: Relationships; title: CHAPTER SEVENTEEN No Choice, Hard Choice, Wrong Choice 221; title: CHAPTER EIGHTEEN The Labor of Grief and Birth of Freedom 245; title: APPENDIX A The Politics of Trauma 267; title: APPENDIX B The Complexity and Distortions of 277; title: Post-Abortion Research; title: APPENDIX C The Elliot Institute Survey: 287; title: Psychological Reactions Reported; title: After Abortion; title: APPENDIX D Resources 301.