Ambiguous Loss: Learning to Live with Unresolved Grief
by Pauline Boss
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Author: Pauline BossEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2000-10-02
ISBN: 0674003810
Number of pages: 176
Publisher: Harvard University Press
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- ISBN13: 9780674003811
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Book Review: This book makes an important contribution to the mental health field.
Summary: 5 Stars
My wife and I read this book as part of our research for our book on adult children of alcoholics (ACOAs). It helped explain the chronic dysphoria many of these individuals experience growing up with a parent who is physically present but emotionally unavailable. Subsequently, we've found the book helped us better understand the experiences of waiting wives and families in the military whose loved ones are deployed to war zones for extended periods of times. We just completed a book for women who are trying to help depressed men in their lives and who, because of their spouse's melancholy, are suffering from ambiguous loss as well.
We believe that Dr. Boss has come up with a very helpful concept that has improved our understanding of the stresses imposed on loved ones who are trying to help and cope with mental illness, addiction and deployment. This book is a reference that should be included in the library of anyone working in the field of mental health.
Doug and Deorah Bey
Loving an Adult Child of an Alcoholic
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