"The Nature of Grief is a new synthesis of material from evolutionary psychology, ethology and experimental psychology on the process of grief. It steps outside of the psychiatric and psychoanalytic perspectives that have dominated grief research for so long, and argues that grief is not an ill...

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Main Author:	Archer, John (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London [u.a.] Routledge 1999
Edition:	1. publ.
Subjects:	Chagrin Deuil - Aspect psychologique Mort - Aspect psychologique Perte (Psychologie) Rouw Verdriet Verlies (psychologie) Psychologie Bereavement Bereavement > Psychological aspects Death > Psychological aspects Grief Loss (Psychology) Forschung Geschichte Trauerarbeit Trauer
Summary:	"The Nature of Grief is a new synthesis of material from evolutionary psychology, ethology and experimental psychology on the process of grief. It steps outside of the psychiatric and psychoanalytic perspectives that have dominated grief research for so long, and argues that grief is not an illness or a disorder but a natural reaction to losses of many kinds." "John Archer identifies grief as a common experience throughout all human cultures that has evolved from simpler versions in animals." "The Nature of Grief also considers the cultural and historical context of contemporary ideas about grief, discusses literary, biographical and other non-scientific writings, and includes a wide-ranging, comprehensive and up-to-date review of research. It will be of interest to developmental and clinical psychologists and all those in the caring professions."--BOOK JACKET.
Physical Description:	XIII, 317 S. Ill., graph. Darst.
ISBN:	0415178576 0415178584