William Feigelman, John Jordan, John Mcintosh, Beverly Feigelman

Devastating Losses

How Parents Cope With the Death of a Child to Suicide or Drugs

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Produktbeschreibung

Based on my forty year career in grief counseling, I give this work an unqualified recommendation for both professionals who care for grieving parents as well as for parents who are trying to understand their own losses or those of relatives or friends."--Gerald Corey, EdD, ABPP; in Illness, Crisis, and Loss This notable book provides new and substantive research data and perspective about how parents cope with the devastation that follows the death of a child to suicide or drugs...It greatly enriches our understanding to offer appropriate response for the healing journey of traumatically bereaved parents."--The Forum: The Newsletter of the Association for Death Education and Counseling (ADEC) [The] Feigelmans initiated the broadest and most conclusive survey data collection project regarding parent survivors. The result is the most current and comprehensive understanding of parent suicide survivors to date, with survivors ranging from the newly bereaved to those whose loss was well over a decade ago. This fact alone would ensure Devastating Loss's designation as an essential resource for mental health professionals, suicide survivors, and grief experts around the world. However, there is additional value in this work which is far greater than just the data collection."--American Association of Suicidology In addition to tugging on my heartstrings, Devastating Losses: How Parents Cope with the Death of a Child to Suicide or Drugs captivated my clinical quest for knowledge. The authors combined personal stories of survivors who lost children to suicide or drug related deaths with a profundity of solid quantitative research and clinical experience."--The Professional Counselor (TPC) Journal Finally, a thorough and elaborate American study has appeared on the grief and mourning process of bereaved parents who experienced the loss of a child to suicide or a drug overdose."--LAVA [This] reader experienced surprise in reading the book. It was not surprising that these experts did a good job; after all, they are experts writing on a topic they know well. Rather, it is the personal element, not often seen amidst so much data. The book is like a recipe for chicken salad that includes prunes, an unexpected combination that works quite well."--Death Studies "Grounded equally in solid clinical practice and uniquely relevant research, and tragically leavened by the personal bereavement of two of the book's authors, Devastating Losses sheds new and compassionate light on the experience of a child's death to traumatic causes." Robert A. Neimeyer, PhD Editor, Death Studies The book is important for its contributions to knowledge of a complex and illusive subject, and alsö¿perhaps as importantly¿¿a model for personal growth in the context of loss through learning and connection."--Clinical Social Work Journal This volume is a pioneering and long overdue work, a study not only of grieving parents who lost a child to suicide but also of parents whose children succumbed to drug overdoses. The authors have done a masterful job of blending their quantitative research findings and the anguished voices of parents attending survivor support groups to create a rich and very engaging book. Michael F Myers, MD Co-Author, "Touched by Suicide: Hope and Healing after Loss" "I recommend this book for its impressive scope of data and thoughtful analysis. This resource will also be of value to those coping with the devastating loss of a family member or loved one." Edward K. (Ted) Rynearson Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, University of Washington Director, Violent Death Bereavement Society Author, Retelling Violent Death, and Editor, Violent Death: Resilience and Intervention Beyond the Crisis Thi

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer Publishing Company
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Juni 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 524g
• ISBN-13: 9780826107466
• ISBN-10: 082610746X
• Artikelnr.: 34011273

Autorenporträt

William Feigelman, PhD, is Professor Emeritus and Adjunct Professor of Sociology at Nassau Community College (Garden City, New York).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chapter 1: Theoretical Issues Guiding this Research and How the Data were
Collected
Section I: Factors Associated With the Loss Experience
Chapter 2: Suicide Stigma and Compounding of a Survivor's Grief
Difficulties
Chapter 3: Drug Overdose Deaths and Survivors' Grief: A Greatly Neglected
Subject
Chapter 4: Differences in the Suicide Death Circumstances And How They May
Affect Survivors' Grief
Chapter 5: Grief Overload: The Impact of Multiple Losses, Only Child Loss
and Multiple Stressor Events on Bereaved Parents
Section II: Forms of Bereavement Assistance and How They Help Survivors
Cope
Chapter 6: Early Years After Loss: Survivors Get Help and Advance from
Their Depths of Despair
Chapter 7: Later Years After Loss: Identifying the Postvention Needs of
Survivors
Chapter 8: The Healing Potential of Survivor Support Groups
Chapter 9: How Survivors Use Support Groups: Comings and Goings
Chapter 10: Personal Growth After A Suicide Loss: Is it Associated With A
Survivor's Mental Health?
Chapter 11: Internet Support Groups for Suicide Survivors: A New Form of
Grief Support
Section III: The Impact of a Child's Traumatic Death on Married Couples
Chapter 12: Gender Differences in Grief After the Death of a Child
Chapter 13: Investigating Whether Child Loss Promotes Harmony or Discord
Among Married Couples
Section IV: Where Do we Go From Here?
Chapter 14: Suggestions for Future Research
Appendix: The Survey Research Instrument