Love and loss : the roots of grief and its complications / Colin Murray Parkes.

London : Routledge, 2009.

xv, 430 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Originally published: 2006.

Copy 1. Dedication on title page to Hugh Freeman from the author. Donor: Family of Hugh Freeman.

Review I : attachment and love -- Review II : loss and change -- The research project -- Secure and insecure attachments -- Anxious/ambivalent attachments -- Avoidant attachments -- Disorganised attachments -- Separation from parents -- Trauma and bereavement -- The influence of gender on attachments and bereavement -- Loss of a parent in adult life -- Loss of a child -- Loss of a spouse or partner -- Social isolation and support -- Other influences on the reaction to bereavement -- Attachments in non-bereaved psychiatric patients -- Disorders of attachment -- Prevention, therapies and outcome.

Includes bibliographical references and index.