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Section 1: The nature of grief

(1.1) Section 1: The nature of grief

(1.2) The dual process model

(1.3) Features of grief

(1.4) The neurophysiology of bereavement

(1.5) The immune response

(1.6) Section 1: Recap

(1.7) Section 1: Summary

 

Section 2: The influence of bereavement on health

(2.1) Section 2: The influence of bereavement on health

(2.2) Physical health

(2.3) Mortality rate after bereavement

(2.4) Mental health: non-specific psychiatric disorders

(2.5) Specific stress-related disorders

(2.6) Post-traumatic stress disorder

(2.7) Prolonged grief disorder (PGD)

(2.8) Consensus criteria for prolonged grief disorder

(2.9) Section 2: Recap

(2.10) Section 2: Summary

 

Section 3: Bereavement risk assessment

(3.1) Section 3: Bereavement risk assessment

(3.2) Demographic factors: age

(3.3) Demographic factors: gender

(3.4) Demographic factors: culture

(3.5) Type of bereavement

(3.6) Mode of death

(3.7) Personal vulnerability

(3.8) Figure 3

(3.9) Social supports

(3.10) Disenfranchised grief

(3.11) Section 3: Recap

(3.12) Section 3: Summary

 

Section 4: Theoretical models and theories

(4.1) Section 4: Theoretical models and theories

(4.2) The psychoanalytic model

(4.3) Attachment theory

(4.4) Constructivism and psychosocial transition theory

(4.5) Section 4: Recap

(4.6) Section 4: Summary

 

Section 5: Prevention and treatment

(5.1) Section 5: Prevention and treatment

(5.2) Are bereavement services helpful?

(5.3) Types of help available

(5.4) Bereavement support volunteers

(5.5) Mutual help services

(5.6) Services for bereaved children

(5.7) Services for bereaved people with learning difficulties

(5.8) Professional services

(5.9) Individual therapies: cognitive-behaviour therapy

(5.10) Individual therapies: encouraging the expression of grief

(5.11) Individual therapies: complicated grief treatment

(5.12) Family therapy

(5.13) Group therapy

(5.14) Other services

(5.15) Final considerations

(5.16) Section 5: Recap

(5.17) Section 5: Summary

 

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