PART I. SETTING THE STAGE
1. Introduction to the Handbook
Margaret Stroebe, Kari Dyregrov and Kristine B. Titlestad
2. Researching drug-related death bereavement: Methodological suggestions for the study of key conceptual issues
Eleftheria Tseliou and Georgios Abakoumkin
3. Drug-related death bereavement: Commentary by a bereaved parent on a research study
Kelly Thomas, Kristine B. Titlestad, Margaret Stroebe, and Kari Dyregrov
PART II. CONTEXT: THE SOCIETAL EMBEDDEDNESS OF BEREAVEMENT FOLLOWING A DRUG-RELATED DEATH
4. The importance of cultural context: A cross-cultural perspective on drug-death bereavement
Paul C. Rosenblatt
5. Drug policy and welfare systems as context for drug-related death bereavement
Svanaug Fjær and Kari Dyregrov
6. Disenfranchisement following a drug-related death
Kenneth J. Doka and Kari Dyregrov
7. The impact of stigmatization before and after drug-related deaths
Beatrice M. Wendeln, Madeline Oppenheim, Georg Schomerus, Patrick W. Corrigan
PART III. CONSEQUENCES AND COPING (1): THE BEREAVEMENT EXPERIENCE FOLLOWING A DRUG-RELATED DEATH
8. Bereaved parents’ relationship following drug-related death loss: (What) can we learn from relationship research?
Asuman Buyukcan-Tetik, Catrin Finkenauer, and Sara Albuquerque
9. Understanding parental grief on the death of a child who used narcotics
William T. Feigelman and Kristine B. Titlestad
10. Risk factors for prolonged grief disorder in people bereaved by drug-related deaths
Øyvind R. Kalsås and Maja O’Connor
11. Adjusting to loss after death from drug-related versus other traumatic deaths: Unique challenges?
Jamison S. Bottomley, William T. Feigelman, and Alyssa A. Rheingold
12. Coping with bereavement due to drug-related death in the context of one’s own drug challenges
Richard Velleman and Lillian Bruland Selseng
13. Patterns of coping following a drug-related death: An overview of the END project findings
Kristine B. Titlestad, Lillian B. Selseng and Kari Dyregrov
PART IV. CONSEQUENCES AND COPING (2): BEYOND THE WESTERN WORLD
14. Dealing with bereavement following a drug-related death in China
Xinxian Liu and Suqin Tang
15. "Sℇ Asa”: Bereavement following bad deaths in Ghana
Johnny Andoh-Arthur
16. Bereavement following a drug-related death in Mexico and India
Richard Velleman, Marcela Tiburcio and Abhijit Nadkarni
PART V. CARE (1): SUPPORTING BEREAVED PERSONS FOLLOWING A DRUG-RELATED DEATH
17. Guidance for supporting/counselling people bereaved through a drug-related death: Unique circumstances, special needs
Peter Cartwright
18. Working with families following drug-death related loss
Sari Lindeman and Lillian B. Selseng
19. On the provision of informal and formal support: From personal networks and colleagues, to schools, front line and health care providers
Kari Dyregrov, Monika Reime and Sonja Mellingen
20. Stigma, kindness and professionalism: On fostering compassion and countering stigmatization
Richard Velleman and Lorna Templeton
21. Belonging and empowerment: Experiences of community support following a drug-related death
Joshua Stout and Benjamin Fleury-Steiner
22. Wall of Silence: Supporting providers after a drug-related death
Adelya A. Urmanche and Kate Szymanski
PART VI. CARE (2): TREATMENTS FOR DRUG-RELATED DEATH BEREAVED PERSONS IN NEED
23. Models of adaptation to bereavement: Application to grief therapy after a drug-related death
Jamison S. Bottomley and Robert A. Neimeyer
24. Prolonged Grief Disorder therapy for drug-related death bereaved, with insights from the Dual Process Model
Henry Willis, Natalia Skritskaya, and M. Katherine Shear
25. Psychotherapeutic treatment for bereaved persons encountering grief difficulties following a drug-related death
Jens C. Thimm and Pål Kristensen
26. Brief Eclectic Psychotherapy for prolonged and traumatic grief following drug-related death
Geert Smid, Sophie M.C. Hengst, Joanna Wojtkowiak, Rebecca Gasser, and Paul A. Boelen
27. Structured support for adults bereaved by a drug-related death: The potential of the 5-Step Method
Lorna Templeton
28. Rebuilding relationships: The benefits of increasing self-awareness through writing following a drug-related death
Christina Thatcher
PART VII. REFLECTIONS
29. Implications of the END project: Beyond the Norwegian context?
Monika Reime, Lillian B. Selseng, Kristine B. Titlestad and Kari Dyregrov
30. The handbook under the magnifying glass: Lessons (still) to be learnt from the study of drug-
related death bereavement
Margaret Stroebe, Kari Dyregrov, and Kristine B. Titlestad
