Traumatic Grief

(Brunner/Mazel) Yale Univ., New Haven, CT. Presents diagnostic criteria and evidence-based treatment for Traumatic Grief. Reviews literature, epidemiology, social and cultural variation, and prevention. For clinicians. Hardcover, softcover also available. DNLM: Grief.

Preface

xi

Acknowledgments

xix

Attachment Behavior and Theory

1

(13)

Introduction to Attachment Theory

1

(1)

Attachment Behavior

2

(2)

Neurobiology of Affiliation

4

(1)

Separation Anxiety After a Loss

5

(2)

An Example of Separation Anxiety

7

(1)

Separation Anxiety and Normal Grief

8

(2)

Attachment Behavior and Psychopathology

10

(1)

Conclusion

11

(1)

References

12

(2)

Definition of Traumatic Grief as a Disorder

14

(13)

The Concept of Pathologic Grief

14

(3)

Consensus Diagnostic Criteria for Traumatic Grief

17

(3)

Comparison of Criteria for Traumatic Grief With Another Set of Published Criteria

20

(1)

Mental Disorders in DSM-IV and the Issue of Cultural Sanction

21

(1)

The Nature of Traumatic Grief

22

(2)

Conclusion and Definition of Traumatic Grief

24

(1)

References

25

(2)

Diagnosis of Traumatic Grief

27

(18)

Death of a Significant Other and Symptoms of Separation Anxiety: Criterion A

27

(2)

Bereavement Specific Symptoms of Traumatization by a Death: Criterion B

29

(2)

Severity of Symptoms for Both Criteria A and B

31

(1)

Issue of Duration: Criterion C

32

(1)

Impairment in Psychosocial Functioning: Criterion D

33

(1)

Variations in the Pattern of Traumatic Grief

33

(1)

Anniversaries of the Death

34

(1)

Associated Descriptive Features

34

(1)

Associated Physical Findings and General Medical Conditions

35

(1)

Associated Laboratory Findings

36

(1)

Course and Prognosis

36

(1)

Differential Diagnosis of Traumatic Grief

36

(6)

Conclusion

42

(1)

References

42

(3)

Comorbidity: Psychiatric Disorders Associated with Traumatic Grief

45

(15)

Associated Psychiatric Disorders

45

(7)

Traumatic Grief: Is it Old Wine in a New Bottle?

52

(1)

Diagnosis of a Comorbid Disorder During Bereavement: Special Considerations

53

(1)

Clinical Examples

54

(2)

Conclusion

56

(1)

References

57

(3)

Treatment of Traumatic Grief

60

(16)

A Philosophy of Treatment

60

(1)

Overview of Treatment

61

(1)

Psychopharmacology

62

(5)

Psychotherapy

67

(6)

Conclusion

73

(1)

References

73

(3)

A Diagnosis/Treatment Algorithm for Traumatic Grief

76

(13)

A Diagnosis/Treatment Algorithm for Traumatic Grief

76

(5)

Personal Notes on Psychotherapy and Psychotropic Drugs

81

(2)

Clinical Narrative

83

(1)

More Notes on Treatment From the Case Examples

84

(3)

Conclusion

87

(1)

References

87

(2)

Epidemiology and Prevention of Traumatic Grief

89

(13)

Prevalence and Incidence of Traumatic Grief

89

(2)

Age and Gender Variation in Grief and Traumatic Grief

91

(1)

Social and Cultural Issues

91

(2)

Utilization of Services and Costs

93

(1)

Risks Factors for Traumatic Grief

94

(2)

Prevention of Traumatic Grief

96

(1)

Conclusion

97

(1)

References

98

(4)

Conclusion and Future Directions

102

(5)

The Costs and Benefits of Attachment

102

(1)

The Clinical Challenge

103

(1)

Review of the Text

103

(1)

Natural Processes, Healing, and the Helping Professional

104

(1)

Future Developments

105

(1)

A Dimensional Approach to Diagnosis

106

(1)

Other Types of Losses

106

(1)

References

107

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