Perspectives on loss and trauma assaults on the self
Written in consideration of cross-cultural, international perspectives on loss, Perspectives on Loss and Trauma discusses relevant therapy approaches and emphasizes a story-telling approach to coping with major loss. It concludes with chapters on therapy and personal adjustment to loss, providing i...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Thousand Oaks, Calif. :
Sage Publications
c2002.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798332306719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 - Introduction to the Study of Loss and Trauma; A Social-Psychological Approach; Definitions; Nuances of Defining Major Losses; An Extensive Literature; Emphasizing People's Construction of Meaning; Contextualization of Loss Experiences; The Experience of a ""Pileup"" of Losses; A Set of Basic Ideas; Trauma: Conceptual Background; ""Missing"" Something: A Central Experience in Loss and Trauma; Conclusions: Emphasis on Basic Principles; Chapter 2 - Losing Loved Ones to Death; The Death of Loved Ones; A Survey of the Bereavement Literature
- Diverse Grief ResponsesThe Death of a Child; The Death of a Spouse or Significant Other; The Death of a Parent; A Child's Grief; Relevance of Basic Ideas; Chapter 3 - Dissolution and Divorce; A Culture of Divorce; Changing Mores: A Fading Stigma; Defining an Emotional Divorce; Nonmarital Dissolution Versus Divorce; When Deteriorated Relationships do Not End; Moving toward Dissolution; Entertaining Uncertainty about Causality; Gottman's Analysis of Dissolution; The Process of Disaffection; Vaughan's Analysis of the Progression toward Termination; Who is Most or Least Distressed?; Infidelity
- The Aftermath of Divorce: Staying SingleDeciding to Remarry; Health; Vivid Memories of Loves Gone by; The Effects on Children; Wallerstein's ""Unexpected Legacy"" Argument; Conclusion: The Future of Divorce and Dissolution; Chapter 4 - Loss Due to Illness and Injury; Chronic Pain, Illness, and Disability; Losses Associated with Accidents and Diseases in Early and Midlife; Losses Related to Major Accidents; ""Marking"" Persons Who are Chronically Ill or Disabled; Aging and the Loss of Health; Caregivers; Courage in Dealing with Loss Due to Injury or Disease; Conclusions
- Chapter 5 - Unemployment and HomelessnessLoss of Employment; Other Work-Related Loss Issues; The Impoverished and the Homeless; Conclusions; Chapter 6 - Suicide; The Pervasiveness of Suicide; Historical Notes; A Cry for Help; What to do if Confronted with a Friend's Thoughts of Suicide; Contemporary Issues in Suicide; Meanings of Suicide; Etiology: ""Psychache"" and Depressed Anguish; Etiology: The Biological Case; The Dynamics of Suicide: Clues to Intentions; Suicide and the Elderly; Suicide and Mental Illness; Myths about Suicide; Rational Suicide; Coping with the Suicide of a Loved One
- The Internet and Support GroupsConclusions: Legacies; Chapter 7 - Life Span Losses and Aging; The Normality of Frequent Life Span Losses; Is Aging Just about Loss?; Themes in Life Review; The Experience of Aging; Selective Review of Loss-Related Aging Evidence; Bereavement and Aging; The Dialectic of Loss and the Quest for Romance in the Golden Years; Stigmatization and the Elderly; The Loss of Health, Hope, and Meaning; Life's Final Season: Going out with Pride and Dignity; Finding Will and Hope Despite the Frequency of Loss; Chapter 8 - Violence and War
- The Basic Literature on Violence and Aggression
