342 Index
Bolden, N., 255–257
Bowlby, J., 13–14, 18, 31, 37, 38, 39–40,
64, 246
brain
adolescent, 112–113, 144
chemistry, 5
development of child’s, 85
emerging adults, 144
impact of pregnancy on, 29
in middle adulthood, 204
neuroanatomy of, 5
BRCA1/2 mutation, 161–164
break-ups, 121–122, 153
breast cancer, 160–164, 210, 271
“broken heart,” 4
Brooks, M., 277–281CAIS. See complete androgen
insensitivity syndrome (CAIS)
Calvert, D., 100–103
cardiovascular system, 5
care, loss of complete, 69–70
caregiver
death of, 63–65, 158
depressed, 66–67, 74–77
grandparent as, 273
nondeath loss of, 66–67
for parent, 207
Catterton, J., 218–222
Center for Conscious Eldering, 263
cerebral palsy (CP), 136
childbearing decisions, 183–184
childbirth complications
biological impact, 48–49
disenfranchised grief following, 47–56
experience of, 51–56
interventions, 50–51
psychological impact, 49–50
social impact, 50
social supports, 51
childhood obesity, 86
child protective services (CPS), 99–100
children. See also infants; preschool
children; school-aged children;
toddlerhood
adoption of, 184, 185
attachment style, 13–14, 61–62
death of adult, 207–208, 267–268
of depressed parents, 66–67, 74–77
with developmental disabilities,
136–140
developmental stages, 60, 83–84
HIV transmission to, 100–103
immigrant, 103–108intervention issues, 94–96
with learning disabilities, 86–87
leaving home by, 216–217
life-threatening illness in, 67
losses experienced by, 88–94
loss of being a child, 94
loss of custody, 99–100
loss processing by, 6
of military parents, 93
parental death, 89–90, 95
parental divorce, 92–93
parental loss of, 68, 96–99, 186–190
parental retirement and, 247
pet loss, 91
psychological development, 61–62,
86–87
sexual abuse, 91–92
sibling death, 90–91
social development, 62–63, 87–88
typical and maturational losses, 69–70
chronic grief, 22–23
chronic illness
in adolescents, 122
in emerging adulthood, 150–151
in middle adulthood, 210–211
in older adulthood, 270–271
in young adulthood, 180
class, prenatal attachment and, 40
classical grief theory, 8–16
clinicians. See therapists
closure, 17
COAL, 25
cognitive changes, age-related,
260–261
cognitive impairments, children with,
137–140
community, relationship with one’s,
245–246
Compassion and Choices, 276
Compassionate Friends, 68, 97
complete androgen insensitivity
syndrome (CAIS), 127
complicated grief, 4–5, 290–291
child’s death and, 98
sudden death and, 151–152
concrete operations stage, 87
confrontation phase, 15
continuing bonds, 20–21, 90, 91, 97, 100,
119, 147, 175–178, 182, 209, 210,
215, 233, 265, 294–295
cortisol, 5, 85
Cruz, N. C., 156–160
cultural aspects of grief, 7–8, 16–-17
African Americans, prenatal
attachment and loss, 40