Grief and Loss Across the Lifespan: A Biopsychosocial Perspective, Paperback, 2 Edition by McCoyd PhD LCSW QCSW, Judith L. M. (Used)

Paperback: 2 Edition
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9780826120281
0826120288

Publication Date: 2015-09-11
Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
Paperback : 368 pages
Edition: 2 Edition
Author: McCoyd PhD LCSW QCSW, Judith L. M.
ISBN-10: 0826120288
ISBN-13: 9780826120281

Product Description This unique text for undergraduate and master's-level social work and counseling courses on loss, grief, and bereavement is distinguished by its biopsychosocial perspective and developmental framework. The book addresses grieving patterns and intervention strategies according to the life trajectory and provides clinical intervention tools and strategies for coping according to the developmental stage of an individual. It incorporates losses beyond death loss, with special focus on losses related to maturational development. The second edition reflects new research that has clarified and underscored the value of theories examined in the first edition√≥particularly in the areas of continued bonds, disenfranchised grief, and ambiguous grief. It describes how grieving is influenced by biological responses to stress, psychological responses to loss, and social norms and support networks. The second edition includes significant new information on trauma and resilience and addresses the use of mindfulness practices with grief and loss. It focuses on the changing role of technology including expressions of grief and loss in social media and public forums. Updated information is provided regarding hospice and palliative care as well as housing issues in aging. A completely new chapter examines grief and loss counseling with emerging adults, and updates regarding changes in the DSM-5 are included. Additional new features include chapter objectives, discussion questions, and updated resources, and an Instructor's Manual and PowerPoint slides are available for download. New to the Second Edition: New information on trauma and resilience Using mindfulness practices with grief and loss Updated theory and empirical findings The changing role of technology in grief Expressions of grief and loss in social media and public forums Transitions due to economic and health changes Changes in the DSM-5 New chapter on emerging adults (ages 18√±25) New information on hospice, palliative care, and aging Housing issues in aging and disability New information on issues facing young and older U.S. veterans and families Updated resources Chapter objectives and discussion questions Instructor's Manual and PowerPoint slides Key Features: Uses a developmental framework for grief and loss Incorporates notions of loss beyond death, including unique maturational losses Integrates new grief theories with empirical findings and intervention techniques Utilizes neurobiological and biological information within a counseling text Focuses on nonpathologizing approaches to sadness, loss, and grief About the Author Judith L. M. McCoyd, PhD, LCSW, QCSW, is an Associate Professor at Rutgers University―School of Social Work, teaching in the MSW advanced clinical curriculum and working with both the PhD in Social Work and DSW doctoral programs. Before academia, she worked in perinatal, emergency room, and oncology settings and she continues to maintain a small private practice with perinatal and end-of-life care as specialties. She is coauthor of Grief and Loss Across the Lifespan: A Biopsychosocial Perspective (all three editions) and coeditor (with Toba S. Kerson) of Social Work in Health Settings: Practice in Context (3rd & 4th eds.―2010, 2016). She presents at national and international conferences such as Council on Social Work Education, National Association of Perinatal Social Work, and the Society for Social Work and Research, and has journal publications about perinatal complications and loss, genetic testing and decision making, technology and health care, societal aspects of bereavement, and social work education. Her current research explores how perinatal technologies affect the experience of childbearing and bereavement. Carolyn Ambler Walter, PhD, LCSW, is a Professor Emerita at the Center for Social Work Education at Widener University, Chester, PA where she taught MSW and PhD students. Dr. Walter is the coauthor of Grief and L