UW Library Catalog Subject terms
This is not an exhaustive list of potential catalog terms, 2017-2020.
Books on Grief or Grieving
Clinical Handbook of Bereavement and Grief Reactions by Call Number: Online EbookISBN: 9783319652405Publication Date: 2017-11-29This book is designed to present a state-of the-art approach to the assessment and management of bereavement-related psychopathology. This text introduces and reviews the theoretical background underlying bereavement-related psychopathology, addresses the issues faced by clinicians who assess bereaved individuals in different contexts, and reviews the management of and varied treatment approaches for individuals with grief reactions.
There are many books on grief, grieving, or bereavement. This is only a very small selection from the UW Library catalog.
Understanding and Supporting Bereaved Children by Call Number: Available through EBL (electronic book)ISBN: 0826140483Publication Date: 2017- Widows' Words: women write on the experience of grief, the first year, the long haul, and everything in between by Call Number: Available through EBL (electronic book)ISBN: 9780813599533Publication Date: 2019
Dying in Character by Call Number: Memorial Library PS366 A88 B45 2012ISBN: 1558499652Publication Date: 2013-02-01
Dying, Death, and Grief in an Online Universe by Call Number: Available through EBL (electronic book)ISBN: 9780826107336Publication Date: 2012-01-01
Grieving Support Groups
There are many national groups that sponsor local chapters offering support groups. It is more and more common for people to become part of virtual support groups by joining an online grief group, and many of the groups referenced above also provide online group support for grief. There are also specific online support groups for adults, children and teenagers.
Some examples of online support groups are, but notlimited to:
Grief Share (http://www.griefshare.org/) GriefShare is a friendly, caring group of people who will walk alongside you through one of life’s most difficult experiences. You don’t have to go through the grieving process alone.GriefShare seminars and support groups are led by people who understand what you are going through and want to help.
The Compassionate Friends (www.compassionatefriends.org) is a national, non-profit network for bereaved parents and siblings.
The National Alliance for Grieving Children (www.nationalallianceforgrievingchildren.org) offers a center locator which can connect families with support in their community.
Twinless Twins (www.twinlesstwins.org) provides support for twins and other multiples who have lost their birth partners due to death or other estrangement at any age.
AARP (www.aarp.org/family/lifeafterloss)
The National Widowers’ Organization (http://www.nationalwidowers.org) serve surviving spouses.
There are organizations that offer support after specific losses, such as the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (www.afsp.org).
The Association for Death Education and Counseling (www.adec.org) has a searchable database of thanatologists, that is, counselors who are trained to work with the dying and bereaved.
GriefNet (www.griefnet.org) for adults, and for children, KID'S AID, www.kidsaid.com are 2 online grief support networks.
Motherless Daughters Support Groups (http://hopeedelman.com/support-groups/) Hope Edelman lists support groups by state.
Additional Online Resources
- CancerCare: www.cancercare.org
- Caregiver Action Network: www.caregiveraction.org
- The Compassionate Friends: thecompassionatefriendsfw.com
- National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization: www.nhpco.org
- Grief Share: www.griefshare.org
Videos from Deathwise
Documentaries About Death: https://www.deathwise.org/resources/selected-videos/
This Emotional Life: Grief and Loss (PBS) http://www.pbs.org/thisemotionallife/topic/grief-and-loss?ct=video