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Colin Murray Parkes

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PubMed2006

An exploration of associations between separation anxiety in childhood and complicated grief in later life.

Recent studies have suggested that the vulnerability to complicated grief (CG) may be rooted in insecure attachment styles developed in childhood. The aim of this study was to examine the etiologic relevance of childhood separation anxiety (CSA) to the onset of CG relative to major depressive disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder, and generalized anxiety disorder in bereaved individuals. The Structured Clinical Interview for the DSM-IV, Inventory of Complicated Grief-Revised, and CSA items from the Panic Agoraphobic Spectrum Questionnaire were administered to 283 recently bereaved community-dwelling residents at an average of 10.6 months postloss. CSA was significantly associated with CG (OR = 3.2; 95% CI, 1.2-8.9), adjusting for sex, level of education, kinship relationship to the deceased, prior history of psychiatric disorder, and history of childhood abuse. CSA was not significantly associated with major depressive disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder, or generalized anxiety disorder.

Age Factors↗
PubMed2005

Breaking the cycles of violence.

Violence begets violence and it is important to understand how cycles of violence are perpetuated if we are to find solutions to the global problems they present. A multi-disciplinary group of The International Work Group on Death, Dying and Bereavement has developed a model of the cyclical events that perpetuate violence at all levels including the family, community, nation, and world. This includes the Violent Act(s), the Perception of the Violent Act(s), the Immediate Response, Legitimising Authority, Destructive Codes, and Inflammatory/Polarising Strategies. It is possible at each point to break the cycle, examples are given and recommendations made.

Conflict, Psychological↗
PubMed2002

Grief: lessons from the past, visions for the future.

Over the last millennium, patterns of mortality have changed and have determined who grieves and how. At all times grief has been recognized as a threat to physical and mental health. More recently the scientific study of bereavement has enabled us to quantify such effects and to develop theoretical explanations for them. This article reviews our evolving understanding of grief, focusing especially on the developments in research, theory, and practice that have come about in the last century. Wars and similar conflicts are associated with repression of grief, but methods of helping by facilitating its expression that developed during the 2 World Wars are less needed and effective at other times. In recent years more attention has been paid to the social context in which grief arises and, particularly, to the nature of the attachments that precede and influence the reaction to bereavement and to other traumatic life events. At the same time a range of caring resources has become available and acceptable to bereaved people and the results of scientific evaluation of these gives promise that we are moving toward an era in which more sensitive and appropriate care will be provided to the bereaved by both voluntary and professional caregivers.

Counseling↗