Understanding loss and grief : a guide through life changing events / Nanette Burton Mongelluzzo.
Material type: TextPublisher: Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, 2013Description: xii, 227 p. ; 25 cmISBN: 9781442222731 (cloth : alk. paper)Subject(s): Grief | Loss (Psychology)Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Book | Gratia Christian College Library Book Shelves | Print book | BF575.D35 M66 2013 (Browse shelf) | Available | 0000787M |
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.