Loss as a Universal Concept: A Review of the Literature to Identify Common Aspects of Loss in Diverse Situations

Psychotherapie bij trauma en verlies ten gevolge van een lichamelijke ziekte

“…Verlies wordt al lang in verband gebracht met chronische ziekte. In de literatuur over verlies krijgt weliswaar het verlies van dierbaren door overlijden de meeste aandacht (Stroebe, Hansson, Stroebe & Schut, 2001), maar men veronderstelt dat bij andere vormen van verlies, zoals het verlies van gezondheid door (chronische) ziekte, vergelijkbare verwerkingsprocessen en rouwreacties optreden (Murray, 2001). Dat de confrontatie met chronische ziekte psychotraumatische ervaringen met zich mee kan brengen, is pas recentelijk meer onder de aandacht van onderzoekers en clinici gekomen.…”

Competing Discourses Surrounding Primary Caregivers of Hospice Patients

“…The family's adaptation to the dying process can be complicated if there are secondary losses involved. Murray's (2001) review of grief literature found studies that attributed concurrent losses such as personal, interpersonal, and material losses caused family complications when adapting to the dying possess. In other words, losses such as divorce, loss of a job, or health issues found in other members of the family accumulate and compound acceptance of the dying process of the patient and complicate grief.…”

Beyond symptoms: Defining primary care mental health clinical assessment priorities, content and process

“…The trauma and abuse literature asserts that the impact of trauma on individuals is marginalised by mainstream services (Humphreys & Thiara, 2003) and is not included in mental health training (Courtois & Ford, 2009). Despite loss being a universal experience (Murray, 2001), a significant issue in primary care (Clark et al, 2005), a contributor to depression (Hedelin & Strandmark, 2001) and later life function (Holmes, 1993), understanding the losses faced by each person and their impact is not part of current standard primary care assessment (Enns & Cox, 2005). In addition, an assessment of the mental health effects of early childhood experiences noted in the fields of attachment and neurobiology (Cozolino, 2006;Holmes, 1993;Maunder & Hunter, 2001) is not routinely evaluated in primary care.…”