Colin Murray Parkes

Love and Loss

The Roots of Grief and its Complications

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Produktbeschreibung

This book illuminates the structure and focus of thinking about love and loss, and sheds light on a wide range of psychological issues. It will be essential for bereavement professionals as well as students of psychology, psychiatry, and sociology.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 448
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. September 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 232mm x 156mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 680g
• ISBN-13: 9780415477185
• ISBN-10: 0415477182
• Artikelnr.: 24428537

Autorenporträt

Colin Murray Parkes is a psychiatrist, researcher and author. He has contributed to and edited numerous books and articles on the nature of human attachments and loss. His Bereavement: Studies of Grief in Adult Life first published in 1972 and now in its third edition, remains a classic. He has been a Consultant psychiatrist at St Christopher's Hospice since 1966, and is Life President of Cruse Bereavement Care. In 1996 he was awarded an OBE for services to bereaved people.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. Part I: Attachment and Loss. Review I: Attachment and Love.
Review II: Loss and Change. The Research Project. Part II: Patterns of
Attachment and Patterns of Grief. Secure and Insecure Attachments.
Anxious/Ambivalent Attachments. Avoidant Attachments. Disorganised
Attachments. Conclusions from Part 2. Part III: Other Influences on
Attachment and Loss. Separation. Trauma and Bereavement. Gender. Loss of a
Parent in Adult Life. Loss of a Child. Loss of a Spouse or Partner. Social
Isolation and Support. Other Influences. Conclusions from Part 3. Part IV:
Disorders of Attachment, Other Psychiatric Problems and their Prevention
and Treatment. Attachments in Non-bereaved Psychiatric Patients. Disorders
of Attachment. Therapies and Outcome. Final Conclusions.