Inside Summer 2008

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Editorial
Martin Newman

Perinatal loss – a life-changing experience
Anne Aldridge MA BEd DipHE
Deputy Lead Chaplain, Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge, UK
This article looks at the influence of the bereavement culture of the 20th century, compares this with more recent research and grief theory, and relates these to current practice with families after miscarriage, stillbirth or perinatal death. It considers the importance of memory-making and maintaining continuing bonds, alongside the need to adjust one’s life around such a loss. The author is a hospital chaplain and mother of four who has both a personal and professional interest in the changing nature of perinatal ber eavement care.

Cognitive behaviour therapy for complicated grief
Paul Boelen PhD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology and Cognitive-Behavioural Psychotherapist, Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, Utrecht University
Utrecht , The Netherlands
Complicated grief is a debilitating condition that can develop after the death of a loved one. Here a cognitive behavioural viewpoint is used to explore why some people develop this condition whereas others recover from their loss relatively quickly. Three processes are identified as crucial in the development and maintenance of complicated grief: insufficient integration of the loss with existing autobiographical knowledge, unhelpful thinking patt erns, and anxi ous and depressive avoidance behaviours. CBT uses interventions such as exposure, cognitive restructuring and behavioural activation to target these processes and help people to move toward recovery.

Bereavement in Buddhist teaching and practice
Peter Goble BEd SRN RMN RNT
Mental Health Nurse and Chair of Trustees, Buddhist Hospice Trust, Essex, UK
The author, a Buddhist hospice charity-worker and nurse, offers a personal perspective on bereavement, illustrated by a well-known and well-loved Buddhist parable. The article draws out the contemporary relevance of an ancient teaching on the causes of suffering, especially that associated with loss, and suggests practical ways to transcend it, as described in Buddhist philosophy.

Bereavement in the Arts –
Portrait diptych of John the Steadfast and his six-year-old son, John Fredrick
Lucas Cranach

Comment
Antidepressants and the treatment of clinical depression
Colin Murray Parkes, Matthew Hotopf  

Broader Horizons
Part II: family and group therapy, parent training, medication (pharmacology) and diet theories
Gillian Forrest  

Webwatch Summer 2008
Self-help for phobias and panic disorders
Michael Fullana, Isaac Marks

Webwatch Spring 2008
Bereavement in schools
Amanda Aitken

Book reviews
Article reviews
Denise Brady  

Index for 2007
(Index to Volumes 12-26)