Handbook of bereavement : theory, research, and intervention / edited by Margaret S. Stroebe, Wolfgang Stroebe, Robert O. Hansson.

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1993.

xii, 546 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Bereavement research and theory : an introduction to the Handbook / Margaret S. Stroebe, Wolfgang Stroebe, and Robert O. Hansson -- The course of normal grief / Stephen R. Shuchter and Sidney Zisook -- Pathological grief reactions / Warwick Middleton ... [et al.] -- Measurement issues in bereavement / Robert O. Hansson, Bruce N. Carpenter, and Sharon K. Fairchild -- Grief as an emotion and as a disease : a social-constructionist perspective / James R. Averill and Elma P. Nunley -- Bereavement as a psychological transition : processes of adaptation to change / Colin Murray Parkes -- Grief : the social context of private feelings / Paul C. Rosenblatt -- Bereavement from the perspective of cognitive-experiential self-theory / Seymour Epstein -- Biobehavioral consequences of loss in nonhuman primates : individual differences / Mark L. Laudenslager, Maria L. Boccia, and Martin L. Reite -- Neuroendocrine changes following bereavement / Kathleen Kim and Selby Jacobs -- Bereavement, depressive symptoms, and immune function / Michael Irwin and Jennifer Pike -- The mortality of bereavement : a review / Margaret S. Stroebe and Wolfgang Stroebe -- Psychological resilience among widowed men and women : a 10-year follow-up of a national sample / Robert R. McCrae and Paul T. Costa, Jr. -- Determinants of adjustment to bereavement in younger widows and widowers / Wolfgang Stroebe and Margaret S. Stroebe -- The impact of spousal bereavement on older widows and widowers / Dolores Gallagher-Thompson ... [et al.] -- The course of spousal bereavement in later life / Dale A. Lund, Michael S. Caserta, and Margaret F. Dimond -- Risk factors in bereavement outcome / Catherine M. Sanders -- Loss and recovery / Robert S. Weiss -- The death of a child is forever : the life course impact of child loss / Simon Shimshon Rubin -- Children's reactions to the death of a parent / Phyllis R. Silverman and J. William Worden -- Bereavement following death from AIDS : unique problems, reactions, and special needs / John L. Martin and Laura Dean -- Sleep and dreams in well-adjusted and less adjusted Holocaust survivors / Hanna Kaminer and Peretz Lavie -- The meaning of loss and adjustment to bereavement / Camille B. Wortman, Roxane Cohen Silver, and Ronald C. Kessler -- Old age and widowhood : issues of personal control and independence / Robert Hansson, Jacqueline H. Remondet, and Marlene Galusha -- The support systems of American urban widows / Helena Znaniecka Lopata -- The role of social support in bereavement / Stanley K. Stylianos and Mary L.S. Vachon -- Bereavement self-help groups : a review of conceptual and methodological issues / Morton A. Lieberman -- Counseling and therapy of the bereaved / Beverley Raphael ... [et al.] -- Contemporary themes and controversies in bereavement research / Margaret S. Stroebe, Robert O. Hansson, and Wolfgang Stroebe

Includes bibliographical references (p. 477-523) and indexes