- Preface
- About the Editors
- Contributors
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Complicated Grief
- 3 Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Major Depression
- 4 Major Depressive Disorder
- 5 Major Depressive Disorder
- 6 Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Chronic Depression
- 7 Interpersonal Social Rhythm Therapy (IPSRT) for Bipolar Disorder
- 8 Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Eating Disorders
- 9 Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- 10 Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Social Anxiety Disorder
- 11 Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Borderline Personality Disorder
- 12 Treatment of Adolescent Depression with Interpersonal Psychotherapy
- 13 Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Peripartum Depression
- 14 Using Interpersonal Psychotherapy with Older Individuals
- 15 Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Medically III Depressed Patients
- 16 Interpersonal Therapy and Cultural Issues
- 17 Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Women with Depression Living on Low Incomes
- 18 Interpersonal Psychotherapy in Developing Countries
- 19 Maintenance Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT-M)
- 20 Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Group (IPT-G)
- 21 Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Inpatients with Depression
- 22 Interpersonal Psychotherapy by Telephone
- 23 Afterword
- References
- Index
(p. 9) Complicated Grief
- Chapter:
- (p. 9) Complicated Grief
- Author(s):
Roslyn Law
- DOI:
- 10.1093/med:psych/9780199746903.003.0002
Chapter 2 discusses complicated grief, and how the IPT therapist selects grief as an interpersonal focus when the onset of the patient’s symptoms is associated with the death of a significant other and manifests in a bereavement-related depression. It covers how this reaction differs from the predictable sorrow associated with bereavement – the experience of deprivation and desolation. It examines how the DSM-IV echoes this distinction by excluding immediate bereavement reactions in making the diagnosis of major depression, and how clinicians may diagnose major depression only if symptoms persist for more than 2 months after the death or are characterized by marked functional impairment, morbid preoccupation with worthlessness, suicidal ideation, psychotic symptoms, or psychomotor retardation.
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- Preface
- About the Editors
- Contributors
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Complicated Grief
- 3 Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Major Depression
- 4 Major Depressive Disorder
- 5 Major Depressive Disorder
- 6 Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Chronic Depression
- 7 Interpersonal Social Rhythm Therapy (IPSRT) for Bipolar Disorder
- 8 Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Eating Disorders
- 9 Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- 10 Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Social Anxiety Disorder
- 11 Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Borderline Personality Disorder
- 12 Treatment of Adolescent Depression with Interpersonal Psychotherapy
- 13 Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Peripartum Depression
- 14 Using Interpersonal Psychotherapy with Older Individuals
- 15 Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Medically III Depressed Patients
- 16 Interpersonal Therapy and Cultural Issues
- 17 Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Women with Depression Living on Low Incomes
- 18 Interpersonal Psychotherapy in Developing Countries
- 19 Maintenance Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT-M)
- 20 Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Group (IPT-G)
- 21 Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Inpatients with Depression
- 22 Interpersonal Psychotherapy by Telephone
- 23 Afterword
- References
- Index
