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Printed on acid-free paper This Humana Press imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland Contents 1 Grief Reactions: A Sociocultural Approach ...... 1 Rachel F. Rodgers and Russell H. DuBois 2 Grief and Post-Traumatic Stress Following Bereavement ................................ 19 Madelyn R. Frumkin and Donald J. Robinaugh 3 Grief Reactions: A Neurobiological Approach ... 45 Mary-Frances O’Connor and Mairead H. McConnell 4 Grief Reactions in Children and Adolescents .... 63 Alexis Revet, Lauren Laifer, and Jean-Philippe Raynaud 5 Grief: From Normal to Pathological Reactions ... 85 Eric Bui 6 Grief Reactions in the Elderly ................. 103 Gregg A. Robbins-Welty, Sarah T. Stahl, and Charles F. Reynolds III 7 Grief Reactions in the Suicide Bereaved ........ 139 Alana Iglewicz, Ilanit Tal, and Sidney Zisook 8 Finding Meaning in Loss: A Narrative Constructivist Contribution. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 Daniela Alves, Robert A. Neimeyer, João Batista, and Miguel M. Gonçalves 9 Helping Grieving Children and Adolescents ..... 189 Cynthia Moore v vi Contents 10 Supporting Grieving Students in the Aftermath of a School Crisis ............................ 217 David J. Schonfeld and Thomas Demaria 11 Hospice Services and Grief Support Groups ..... 241 Angela R. Ghesquiere 12 Two Psychosocial Interventions for Complicated Grief: Review of Principles and Evidence Base ....................................... 259 Emily B. O’Day and Elizabeth M. Goetter 13 Pharmacotherapy of Pathological Grief Responses .................................. 279 Mary C. Vance and Eric Bui 14 Grief Reactions in Diagnostic Classifications of Mental Disorders .......................... 301 Claudia Carmassi, Carlo A. Bertelloni, and Liliana Dell’Osso Index ........................................... 333 Contributors Daniela Alves, Ph.D. School of Psychology, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal João Batista, Ph.D. School of Psychology, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal Carlo A. Bertelloni, M.D., Ph.D. Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy Eric Bui, M.D., Ph.D. Center for Anxiety and Traumatic Stress Disorders and Complicated Grief Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA Claudia Carmassi, M.D., Ph.D. Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy Liliana Dell’Osso, M.D. Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy Thomas Demaria, Ph.D. National Center for School Crisis and Bereavement, Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA Russell H. DuBois, M.S. APPEAR, Department of Applied Psychology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA vii viii Contributors Madelyn R. Frumkin, B.A. Center for Anxiety and Traumatic Stress Disorders and Complicated Grief, Center for Anxiety and Traumatic Stress Disorders and Complicated Grief Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA Angela R. Ghesquiere, Ph.D., M.S.W. Brookdale Center for Healthy Aging, Hunter College of the City University of New York, New York, NY, USA Elizabeth M. Goetter, Ph.D. Center for Anxiety and Traumatic Stress Disorders and Complicated Grief Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA Miguel M. Gonçalves, Ph.D. School of Psychology, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal Alana Iglewicz, M.D. Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, CA, USA Lauren Laifer, B.A. Home Base, a Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Program, Boston, MA, USA Mairead H. McConnell, Ph.D. Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA Cynthia Moore, Ph.D. Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA Robert A. Neimeyer, Ph.D. Department of Psychology, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, USA Mary-Frances O’Connor, Ph.D. Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA Emily B. O’Day, B.A. Center for Anxiety and Traumatic Stress Disorders and Complicated Grief Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA Contributors ix Jean-Philippe Raynaud, M.D. Service Universitaire de Psychiatrie de l’Enfant et de l’Adolescent, CHU de Toulouse, Toulouse, France Université Toulouse III Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France Alexis Revet, M.D. Service Universitaire de Psychiatrie de l’Enfant et de l’Adolescent, CHU de Toulouse, Toulouse, France Université Toulouse III Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France Charles F. Reynolds III, M.D. Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA Donald J. Robinaugh, Ph.D. Center for Anxiety and Traumatic Stress Disorders and Complicated Grief Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA Gregg A. Robbins-Welty, B.S. Clinical Scientist Training Program, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA Rachel F. Rodgers, Ph.D. APPEAR, Department of Applied Psychology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA David J. Schonfeld, M.D., F.A.A.P. National Center for School Crisis and Bereavement, Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA Sarah T. Stahl, Ph.D. Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA Ilanit Tal, Ph.D. VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, CA, USA Mary C. Vance, M.D. University of Michigan, Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation, North Campus Research Complex, Ann Arbor, MI, USA