Grief and Prolonged Grief Disorder (Paperback)

Stephen J. Cozza

ISBN 10: 1615374639 / ISBN 13: 9781615374632

Published by American Psychiatric Association Publishing, VA, 2023

About this Item

Paperback. Grief and bereavement are a universal part of the human experience. The impact of grief on human lives is increasingly evident as the COVID-19 pandemic, environmental disasters, andin the United States in particulargun-related violence upend normal life and expose vast swaths of society to recurring and profound trauma. It was only in 2022, with the publication of DSM-5-TR and in the context of considerable scientific progress, that prolonged grief disorder (PGD) was included as a formal diagnosis, one also reflected in ICD-11. Now, this new handbook provides both clinical and non-clinical readers with a science-based approach to identifying and addressing PGD, along with what might be termed normal grief.In extensively referenced chapters filled with illustrative case studies, this guide examines topics such as:What constitutes bereavementHow simple bereavement differs from PGD and how to manage them clinicallyGrief in children and the importance of a life cycle approachCultural factors and their impact on the experience of griefStigma and attitudes toward treatmentDiagnosing and treating PGDWith consequences that include suffering, social isolation and loneliness, poor physical health, shortened life expectancy, and suicide, it is critical that PGD be recognized and treated as quickly as possible.Thus, Grief and Prolonged Grief Disorder is a necessary resource: Its evidence-based approach gives readers the tools they need to recognize grief in themselves and others, strategies for the clinical management of typical grief, guidance on the specific treatment for PGD, and tips on when to refer patients for specialty care. Provides both clinical and non-clinical readers with a science-based approach to identifying and addressing prolonged grief disorder, along with what might be termed normal grief. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Grief and Prolonged Grief Disorder (Paperback)
• Publisher: American Psychiatric Association Publishing, VA
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1615374639
• ISBN 13: 9781615374632
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

"Grief and Prolonged Grief Disorder serves as a handbook for prolonged grief disorder (PGD), which was added to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (5th Edition, Text Revision) in 2022. The book discusses typical grief-the process of adaptation to and acceptance of the finality of death-and helps clinicians recognize when that process has been derailed. In PGD, grief becomes prolonged, and without focused intervention, it may last for months, years, or even decades. It can be successfully treated with a relatively brief but specific psychotherapy (PGD therapy). The handbook covers epidemiology, bereavement, theories of grief, circumstances of loss, life cycle considerations, and cultural issues, but the central focus is evidence-based strategies for the clinical management of typical grief and PGD"--

About the Author

Charles F. Reynolds, III, M.D., is Professor in Geriatric Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Professor of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Stephen J. Cozza, M.D., is Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics at the Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress, Department of Psychiatry, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Maryland.

Paul K. Maciejewski, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Biostatistics in Radiology and in Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine and Co-Director of the Cornell Center for Research on End-of-Life Care in New York, New York.

Holly G. Prigerson, Ph.D., is the Irving Sherwood Wright Professor of Geriatrics and a Professor of Sociology in Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine; she is also Co-Director of the Cornell Center for Research on End-of-Life Care in New York, New York.

M. Katherine Shear, M.D., is the Marion K. Kenworthy Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia School of Social Work, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, and Director of the Center for Prolonged Grief in New York, New York.

Naomi M. Simon, M.D., M.Sc., is Director of the Anxiety, Stress, and Prolonged Grief Program at NYU Langone and Professor in Psychiatry at NYU Grossman School of Medicine in New York, New York.