Traumatic Grief - Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention

The loss of a family member, significant other, or friend exposes the afflicted person to a higher risk for several types of psychiatric disorders. In addition to the potential complications that include major depression, anxiety, and PTSD, there is much current (and renewed) interest in pathologic forms of grief. Jacobs, in this innovative new text, introduces the term traumatic grief as description of this diagnostic entity. Here, working criteria, associated descriptive features, and the clinical course of traumatic grief are detailed as the author further verifies the concept of traumatic grief as a disorder. As this is the first discussion of the clinical use of the diagnostic criteria for traumatic grief, this text serves as a foundation for psychiatric diagnosis and treatment of traumatic grief. The format follows the outline for disorders used in the DSM making this a useful tool for the practicing clinician.

List of contents

Attachment Behavior and Therapy; Definition of Traumatic Grief as a Disorder; Diagnosis of Traumatic Grief; Co-Morbidity: Associated Psychiatric Disorders; Treatment of Traumatic Grief; Epidemiology and Prevention of Traumatic Grief; Conclusion.

About the author

Selby Jacobs

Summary

In this innovative new text, the term traumatic grief as description of this diagnostic entity is introduced. Here, working criteria, associated descriptive features, and the clinical course of traumatic grief are detailed.

Product details

• Authors: Selby Jacobs, Selby C. Jacobs, Jacobs Selby
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9780876309865
• ISBN: 978-0-87630-986-5
• No. of pages: 132
• Weight: 226 g
• Series: Series in Trauma and Loss; Series in Trauma and Loss; Trauma and Loss
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Lifestyle, personal development; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; SELF-HELP / Death, Grief, Bereavement, Coping with death & bereavement, Coping with / advice about death and bereavement