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

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Parkes, Colin Murray
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2006.
Subjects:
Bereavement > Psychological aspects.
Grief.
Loss (Psychology)
Attachment behavior.
Love.
Object Attachment.
Bereavement.
Online Access:
Connect to: Table of contents - All users (Cataloging @ Library of Congress)
Physical Description:xv, 430 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • 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.