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Grief and Loss

Friday's Progress Notes - September 28, 2001
Mental Health Information - Vol. 5 Issue 21
Published by athealth.com - www.athealth.com

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CONTENTS

1. Clinical aspects of bereavement and loss
2. Phases of grief
3. Coping with the death of a child
4. Adjustment to divorce
5. Conversations with four trauma experts
6. Understanding parental grief
7. Children in mourning
8. Vulnerability of intervention teams following a disaster


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Dear Colleagues,

Unexpected death delivers an immense shock to those left behind. The tragic events of September 11 destroyed our sense of safety and left our nation in mourning. Today's newsletter provides resources to help deal with the emotional realities of violent death and other losses.

Please feel free to forward this information to professional colleagues, who can sign-up for a free subscription to Friday's Progress Notes at http://www.athealth.com/Practitioner/Newsletter/fpn_subscribe.html

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Regards,
Jack

John L. Miller, MD


1. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPY
Bereavement and Loss
Many, if not all, MFTs will work with individuals or families where bereavement is a primary or secondary issue. Topics include diagnosis and assessment, treatment options, and stigmatized loss.
Consumer Updates

2. HELPGUIDE.ORG
Coping with Grief and Loss
There is no right or wrong way to grieve — but there are healthy ways to cope with the pain.
http://helpguide.org/mental/grief_loss.htm

3. PARTNERSHIP FOR CARING
When A Child Is Dying
The smallest patient offers the biggest lesson.
http://www.athealth.com/consumer/disorders/child_article.html

4. PROVIDER-PARENT PARTNERSHIPS
Stages of Adjustment to Divorce
Children do not adjust to divorce in one short time. It is a long process.
http://www.athealth.com/consumer/disorders/divorceadjustment.html

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5. MEDSCAPE
Trauma Related Disorders: Conversations with the Experts
Martin Korn, MD, interviews four PTSD experts on the World Trade Center disaster and the aftermaths of trauma and PTSD. (Free Medscape registration required.)

6. NATIONAL SIDS RESOURCE CENTER
The Death Of A Child - The Grief Of The Parents: A Lifetime Journey
It is frequently said that the grief of bereaved parents is the most intense grief known. When a child dies, parents feel that a part of them has died, that a vital and core part of them has been ripped away.

7. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS
Grief
This chapter on Grief is from the book, Children's Needs II, published by the NASP. Topics include phases of grief and mourning, guilt, developmental aspects of grief, psychosocial aspects of death, and preventive intervention following a loss.
http://www.ecc-ebook.com/Concept%20of%20death/L6.pdf

8. TRAUMATOLOGY
Darkness Over the Abyss: Supervising Crisis Intervention Teams Following Disaster
The author discusses the vulnerability of professionals who are involved in victim intervention immediately following a disaster.
http://www.fsu.edu/~trauma/v6i4/v6i4a4.html


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