This book is designed to present a state-of the-art approach to the assessment and management
of bereavement-related psychopathology. Written by experts in the fi eld it addresses the
recent shift in the fi eld calling for greater recognition of bereavement-related
psychopathology as evidenced by the removal of bereavement from the exclusion criteria for
major depressive disorder and the provisional inclusion of a bereavement disorder as a
condition requiring further study in the DSM-5. Th is text introduces and reviews the
theoretical background underlying bereavement-related psychopathology addresses the issues
faced by clinicians who assess bereaved individuals in diff erent contexts and reviews the
management of and varied treatment approaches for individuals with grief reactions. Clinical
Handbook of Bereavement and Grief Reactions is a valuable resource for psychiatrists
psychologists students counselors psychiatric nurses social workers and all medical
professionals working with patients struggling with bereavement and grief reactions.
