Valentine Families Bereaved by Alcohol or Drugs

Research on Experiences, Coping and Support
Erscheinungsjahr 2017
ISBN: 978-1-317-36667-6
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 208 Seiten

Reihe: Explorations in Mental Health

Individuals bereaved by the drug- or alcohol-related death of a family member represent a sizeable group worldwide. 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.

Based on focus groups with the practitioners and service personnel who support grieving relatives following the loss of a loved one to alcohol or drugs, as well as interviews with the largest qualitative sample of adults bereaved by substance use that has been reported to date, this much-needed contribution to research on addiction and bereavement identifies four major reasons why grief following this tragic kind of death is particularly difficult. 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 organizations that play a role in the implementation of official procedure following a drug- or alcohol-related death and identifies significant gaps in the system that bereaved individuals must negotiate.

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. The book should also be of interest to anyone with a professional interest in bereavement or substance use.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Valentine, Christine

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychotherapie / Klinische Psychologie Suchttherapie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychotherapie / Klinische Psychologie Beratungspsychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword (William Feigelman)

Introduction (Christine Valentine and Linda Bauld)

Part 1: Coping (Christine Valentine and Linda Bauld)

1. Families Living with and Bereaved by Substance Use (Lorna Templeton and Richard Velleman)

2. The Impact of a Substance-related Death (Allison Ford, Jennifer McKell, Lorna Templeton and Christine Valentine)

3. Managing Stigma (Tony Walter and Allison Ford)

4. Remembering a Life that Involved Substance Use (Christine Valentine and Lorna Templeton)

5. The Diversity of Bereavement through Substance Use (Lorna Templeton, Jennifer McKell, Richard Velleman and Gordon Hay)

Part 2: Support (Christine Valentine and Linda Bauld)

6. Dealing with Substance-related Deaths (Jennifer McKell, Christine Valentine and Tony Walter)

7. Improving the Responses of Services (Peter Cartwright, Lorna Templeton and Gordon Hay)

8. Conclusion (Christine Valentine and Linda Bauld)

Über Autor(innen)

Dr Christine Valentine is a Research Fellow and member of the Centre for Death and Society at the University of Bath. She is a founding member of the Association for the Study of Death and Society. 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 was the lead researcher for the ESRC-funded research on which the present book is based.