Grief and Loss Across the Lifespan: A Biopsychosocial Perspective

Cover
Title
Copyright
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: Grief and Loss: Theories and Context
	Introduction
	Objectives
	Context
	Text Structure
	Bio–Psycho–Social–Spiritual Aspects of Grief
	Risk and Resilience and Grappling with Adverse Childhood Experiences
	A Word About the Changing Demographic of the United States and the World
	Introduction to Grief Theory
	Issues of Intervention
	A Final Word About Grief Work
	Discussion Questions
	Key References
Chapter 2: Grief and Loss in the Context of Perinatal Attachment and Loss
	Introduction
	Objectives
	Vignette
	Developmental Aspects of Pregnancy
	Special Considerations in Risk and Resilience
	Summary of Development in the Prenatal Period
	Loss as Experienced by a Fetus
	Reactions of Others to the Loss of a Fetus
	Other Types of Perinatal Loss
	Intervention
	Summary
	Discussion Questions
	Key References
Chapter 3: Grief and Loss in Infancy, Toddlerhood, and Preschool
	Introduction
	Objectives
	Vignette
	Developmental Tasks: Trust Versus Mistrust and Autonomy Versus Shame
	Special Considerations in Risk and Resilience
	Losses Experienced in Infancy and Early Childhood
	Reactions of Parents and Others to the Loss of an Infant or Preschooler
	Interventions
	Summary
	Discussion Questions
	Key References
Chapter 4: Grief and Loss in Elementary School-Age Children
	Introduction
	Objectives
	Vignette
	Developmental Tasks: Initiative Versus Guilt and Industry Versus Inferiority
	Special Considerations in Risk and Resilience
	Loss Experienced by Elementary School-Age Children
	Reactions of Others to the Loss of an Elementary School–Age Child Parents’ Loss of a Child
	Intervention Issues with Children in Elementary School
	Summary
	Discussion Questions
	Key References
Chapter 5: Grief and Loss in Tweens and Teens
	Introduction
	Objectives
	Vignette
	Developmental Tasks: Identity Development Versus Identity Diffusion
	Special Considerations in Risk and Resilience
	Losses Experienced by the Adolescent
	Reactions of Others to the Death of an Adolescent
	Interventions with Tweens and Teens
	Conclusion
	Summary
	Discussion Questions
	Key References
Chapter 6: Grief and Loss in Emerging Adults
	Introduction
	Objectives
	Vignette
	Developmental Tasks: Adult Sufficiency or Insufficiency
	Special Considerations in Risk and Resilience
	Losses Experienced by Emerging Adults
	Reactions of Others to the Death of an Emerging Adult
	Interventions
	Summary
	Discussion Questions
	Key References
Chapter 7: Grief and Loss in Young Adulthood
	Introduction
	Objectives
	Vignette
	Defining Young Adulthood
	Developmental Themes of Young Adulthood
	Special Considerations in Risk and Resilience
	Losses Experienced by Young Adults
	Reactions of Others to the Death of a Young Adult
	Interventions
	Summary
	Discussion Questions
	Key References
Chapter 8: Grief and Loss in Middle Adulthood
	Introduction
	Objectives
	Vignette
	Defining Middle Adulthood
	Developmental Themes of Middle Adulthood
	Special Considerations in Risk and Resilience
	Losses Experienced by Midlife Adults
	Reactions of Others to the Death of an Adult in Midlife
	Interventions
	Summary
	Discussion Questions
	Key References
Chapter 9: Grief and Loss in Retirement and Reinvention
	Introduction
	Objectives
	Vignette
	Developmental Aspects of Retirement: Preparing
	Special Considerations in Risk and Resilience
	Theories Explaining Successful Transition to Retirement
	Fantasy Versus Reality
	Living Losses Linked to Retirement
	Reinvention
	Interventions
	Summary
	Discussion Questions
	Key References
Chapter 10: Grief and Loss in Young-Old Adulthood: The Third Age
	Introduction
	Objectives
	Vignette
	Defining Older Adulthood
	Developmental Themes of Older Adulthood, Ages 65 to 84
	Special Considerations in Risk and Resilience
	Losses Experienced by Older Adults in Their Third Age
	Reaction of Others to the Death of Third Agers
	Interventions
	Summary
	Discussion Questions
	Key References
Chapter 11: Grief and Loss in Older Adulthood: The Fourth Age
	Introduction
	Objectives
	Vignettes
	Defining Older Adulthood: The Fourth Age
	Developmental Themes of the Oldest Old Age
	Special Considerations in Risk and Resilience
	Losses Experienced by Older Adults in Their Fourth Age
	Reaction of Others to the Death of an Older Adult
	Interventions
	Summary
	Discussion Questions
	Key References
Chapter 12: Conclusions
	Introduction
	Objectives
	Endings
	Accompanying the Bereaved in Their Grief
	Maturational Losses as Disenfranchised Losses
	Importance of the Dual-process Model of Coping with Bereavement
	Importance of Continuing Bonds
	Meaning-making as a Process of Growth
	Trauma and Grief
	Grief Counseling Efficacy
	Grief and the Clinician: Cautions
	Discussion Questions
	Key References
Index