ABSTRACT

Grief and Bereavement in Contemporary Society is an authoritative guide to the study of and work with major themes in bereavement. Its chapters synthesize the best of research-based conceptualization and clinical wisdom across 30 of the most important topics in the field. The volume’s contributors come from around the world, and their work reflects a level of cultural awareness of the diversity and universality of bereavement and its challenges that has rarely been approximated by other volumes. This is a readable, engaging, and comprehensive book that will share the most important scientific and applied work on the contemporary scene with a broad international audience, and as such, it will be an essential addition to anyone with a serious interest in death, dying, and bereavement.

chapter |5 pages

Introduction

The Historical Landscape of Loss: Development of Bereavement Studies

section |71 pages

Current Conceptualizations of the Grief Response

chapter |14 pages

Meaning Reconstruction in Bereavement

From Principles to Practice

chapter |13 pages

Attachment and Coping with Bereavement

Implications for Therapeutic Interventions with the Insecurely Attached

chapter |10 pages

The Changing Bond in Therapy for Unresolved Loss

An Attachment Theory Perspective

chapter |10 pages

The Two-Track Model of Bereavement

The Double Helix of Research and Clinical Practice

section |57 pages

Contexts of Grieving

part |109 pages

Challenges in Bereavement

chapter |13 pages

Grief in the Midst of Ambiguity and Uncertainty

An Exploration of Ambiguous Loss and Chronic Sorrow

chapter |12 pages

Restorative Retelling

Revising the Narrative of Violent Death

chapter |13 pages

Bereavement and Disasters

Research and Clinical Intervention

chapter |19 pages

Grief after Terrorism

Toward a Family-Focused Intervention

chapter |12 pages

Is Suicide Bereavement Different?

Perspectives from Research and Practice

section |38 pages

Specific Populations

chapter |12 pages

Grief in GLBT Populations

Focus on Gay and Lesbian Youth

chapter |12 pages

Traumatic Death in the United States Military

Initiating the Dialogue on War-Related Loss

chapter |12 pages

Pet Loss

The Interface of Continuing Bonds Research and Practice

section |62 pages

Grief in a Global Perspective

section |18 pages

Conclusion