Families Bereaved by Alcohol or Drugs: Research on Experiences, Coping and Support (Explorations in Mental Health)
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| Rating | : | 4.68 (651 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B073RNLBP7 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 388 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-01-05 |
| Language | : | English |
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‘Surviving a death related to drug or alcohol abuse can be a particularly tragic experience. This book uniquely deals with the process of bereavement in these special circumstances, and unveils a world still unknown to many.’- Professor Diego De Leo AO, DSc, Director, Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia. There are important lessons to be learned here.’ - Jim Orford, Emeritus Professor of Clinical and Community Psychology, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, England. . It seems that we have been ignoring what is in fact a common problem – losing a loved one who had an alcohol or drug problem – and that those of us who meet such bereaved family members have not always been as caring as we should have been. ‘Any society that claims to be a caring one should recognise and respond compassionately to the doubl
Families Bereaved by Alcohol or Drugs is the long-awaited result of an important and ambitious research project into the experiences commonly encountered by members of this stigmatized and vulnerable group. Grounded in extensive and rigorous academic research, Families Bereaved by Alcohol or Drugs is essential reading for academics, researchers and postgraduate students in the fields of mental health and addiction, social work and social studies, psychology, family studies and bereavement. By examining the experiences of a wide range of stakeholders, including practitioners and policymakers in health, social care and the criminal justice system, the research contained within this book underscores the large number of
Dr Christine Valentine is a Research Fellow and member of the Centre for Death and Society at the University of Bath. Christine has published widely on the social and cultural shaping of bereavement in Britain and Japan, on funeral welfare systems for people on low income both nationally and internationally, and on funeral directing in the 21st century. She is a founding member of