Showing papers by "Beverley Raphael published in 1983"
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01 Jan 1983
TL;DR: The Anatomy of Bereavement as discussed by the authors describes all the stages of mourning and healing, and analyzes how the effects of loss differ at each stage of life, starting with the infant's loss of a parent, taking up the effects on adolescents of death in the family, and moving on to the losses people face in adult life and in old age, showing how the dynamics of grief and recovery vary over the course of time.
Abstract: Grief is a universal human experience, painful and inevitable. In this wise and compassionate book, a psychiatrist who has done extensive work and research with the bereaved shares her broad experience, revealing how people cope with, understand, and eventually adapt to many different bereavements in the course of human life. Those first few hours and days after a loved one has died may seem to pass like a dream, and only afterward does the real work of grieving and healing begin. In this comprehensive book, Beverley Raphael describes all the stages of mourning and healing, and analyzes how the effects of loss differ at each stage of life. Starting with the infant's loss of a parent, taking up the effects on adolescents of death in the family, and moving on to the losses people face in adult life and in old age, Raphael, with sensitivity and grace, shows how the dynamics of grief and recovery vary over the course of time. In describing the experience of loss, the author provides the reader with a rich understanding of how different people at different ages cope with grief, loss, and pain. The most thorough book on the subject ever written, The Anatomy of Bereavement is the standard work.
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TL;DR: The results of two recent surveys are described, one of 216 women less than 45 years old who had a hysterectomy for non-malignant conditions at a major Sydney hospital and another carried out at a hospital on the outskirts of Sydney, about one year after their operations.
Abstract: Hysterectomy, its indications and its consequences for later health, have been prominent topics in recent psychiatric, gynaecological and lay literature. This study describes the results of two recent surveys, one of 216 women less than 45 years old who had a hysterectomy for non-malignant conditions at a major Sydney hospital. These women were interviewed on the seventh to tenth postoperative day. One hundred and ninety-four were then followed up by questionnaire 13 months later. In a later study carried out at a hospital on the outskirts of Sydney, 100 out of 146 women responded to a follow-up questionnaire approximately one year after their operations. These studies and their relevance to recent similar studies are discussed in terms of post-hysterectomy adaptation and prognostic factors associated with poor psychiatric outcome.
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