Issues and implications in the counseling of survivors of multiple aids-related loss

Bibliographic Data

ID12097100
AuthorsDavid Nord (corresponding author)
Year1996
Volume20
Issue4
Pages389-413
Publication date1996-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueDeath Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0748-1187 • E-ISSN: 1091-7683
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/07481189608252789
PMID10160572
OpenAlexW2039671155
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited25

Survivors of multiple AIDS-related loss face a unique phenomenon for which existing theories and diagnostic criteria regarding grief and trauma are inadequate. Unresolved grief and complicated bereavement are normal responses to multiple loss. This distinctive experience and the resulting symptoms have implications for counselors. Suggestions are offered for counselors to help clients process the aggregate and individual losses arising from this experience. AIDS provides a rare opportunity to analyze concurrent traumatization and complicated bereavement occurring on an ongoing basis. This analysis and its implications may therefore be useful in the future in regard to tragedies that share these characteristics

Family medicine · Clinical Psychology · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Homelessness and Social Issues · Medicine · Migration, Health and Trauma · Psychology · Gerontology