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Short-term group therapies for complicated grief : two research-based models /

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"Losing a significant person through death is a painful human experience that unfortunately increases in frequency as people grow older. Typical grief reactions include shock, denial, sadness, irritability, insomnia, preoccupation with the loss, yearning for the lost person, searching for the l...

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Main Authors: Piper, William E. (Author), Ogrodniczuk, John S. (Author), Joyce, Anthony S. (Author), Weideman, René, 1952- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, 2011.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Grief therapy.
Group psychotherapy.
Loss (Psychology)
Grief.
Grief
Psychotherapy, Group
Travail de deuil.
Psychothérapie de groupe.
Perte (Psychologie)
Chagrin.
grief.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > General.
MEDICAL > Clinical Medicine.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
MEDICAL > Evidence-Based Medicine.
MEDICAL > Internal Medicine.
Grief therapy
Group psychotherapy
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Effectiveness of individual and group therapies
  • Prevalence of complicated grief
  • Risk factors for complicated grief
  • Effects of patient characteristics on therapeutic outcome
  • Effects of process variables on therapeutic outcome
  • Effects of group composition on therapeutic outcome
  • Assessment and preparation
  • Common components of the two models
  • Time-limited, short-term, interpretive group therapy
  • Time-limited, short-term, supportive group therapy.