Contents -- Contributors -- Foreword -- Preface -- PART I: BACKGROUND -- 1 Adolescent Development: The Backstory to Adolescent Encounters With Death and Bereavement -- Existential Phenomenology and the Relationship With Oneself -- Existential Phenomenology and the Relationship to Others -- Existential Phenomenology and the Relationship With the External World -- The Holistic Template: Cognitive Aspects -- The Holistic Template: Emotional Aspects -- The Holistic Template: Behavioral Aspects -- The Holistic Template: Physical Aspects -- The Holistic Template: Interpersonal Aspects -- The Holistic Template: Spiritual Aspects -- Some Concluding Comments -- References -- 2 Young People Making Meaning in Response to Death and Bereavement -- Meaning Making -- Young People, Death, and Bereavement in Global Contexts -- Making Sense of the Evidence on Young People, Death, and Bereavement -- Conclusions -- References -- 3 Ethics and Adolescent Grief Research: A Developmental Analysis -- Why Study Adolescents and Grief? -- The Right of Bereaved Adolescents to Participate in Research -- Informed Consent/Assent in Adolescent Bereavement Research -- An Analysis of Risks and Benefits in Developmental Context -- The Expanded Cyberworld of Adolescents: A New Research Arena -- Studying Bereaved Adolescents in Diverse Cultural Settings -- Conclusion -- References -- PART II: DEATH -- 4 Adolescents, Accidents, and Homicides -- Developmental Systems Theory -- Overview and Statistical Portrait -- Adolescent Deaths From Unintentional Injuries -- Adolescents and Homicide -- Recapitulation of Factors Contributing to Adolescents' Deaths Resulting From Accidents and Homicide: Ecological Systems Theory -- Consequences for Understanding Adolescent Death and Bereavement -- References -- 5 Adolescents and Suicide -- Risk/Protective Factors -- Prevention -- Intervention.

Postvention -- References -- 6 Adolescents and HIV/AIDS -- Poverty -- Health and Schooling -- Fragmentation of Households -- Youth-Headed Households -- Guardianship -- Stigma and Social Support -- Coping With Dying Parents -- Multiple Losses -- Grief and HIV Status -- Psychological Distress Associated With Parental Death From AIDS -- Bereavement Interventions -- Conclusion -- References -- 7 Adolescents Living With Life-Threatening Illnesses -- How Adolescents React to a Crisis -- Losses Mourned by Adolescents With Cancer -- Implications of Life-Threatening Illnesses for Early, Middle, and Late Adolescence -- Journey Through a Life-Threatening Illness: Experiences and Reactions of Adolescents With Cancer -- Life-Threatening Conditions Other Than Cancer -- Issues Arising -- Conclusion -- References -- 8 Adolescents, Humor, and Death -- What Is Humor? -- What Kinds of Humor Are There? -- What Do We (Think We) Know About Teens and Humor? -- The Benefits of Humor -- Adolescents Grieving a Death and Humor -- Cultural Considerations -- Summary and Further Research -- References -- 9 Adolescents, Technology, and the Internet: Coping With Loss in the Digital World -- The Appeal of Technology and the Internet Among Teenagers -- Online Communities of Bereavement -- Supercommunication: E-mail, Text Messaging, and Instant Messaging -- The Google Stage of Grief -- Potential Risks and Challenges in Cyberspace -- Implications for Clinicians, Death Educators, and Parents -- Implications for Research -- Conclusion -- References -- PART III: BEREAVEMENT -- 10 Life as an Adolescent When a Parent Has Died -- The Impact of Losing a Parent for an Adolescent -- Adolescents and Service Engagement -- Assessing the Systems That Impact on Parentally Bereaved Adolescents -- Helpful Approaches When Working With Bereaved Adolescents -- Conclusion -- References.

11 Sibling Bereavement During Adolescence -- Self-Concept -- Emotional Reactions -- The Family Following Adolescent Sibling Bereavement -- Continuing Bonds -- Peer Relationships -- Sibling Death From Terminal Illness -- What Helps and What Hinders Bereavement Recovery -- Religion and Spirituality -- Sibling Suicide Survivors -- Effects on Schoolwork -- Summary Comments -- References -- 12 Death of a Friend During Adolescence -- The Disenfranchised Nature of Adolescent Friend Deaths -- Importance of Adolescent Friend Deaths -- Reactions to the Death of a Friend During Adolescence -- Factors Affecting Reactions to Friend Death -- Adolescent Approaches to Coping With Friend Death -- The Role of Friends, Parents, and Educational Institutions in Supporting Adolescents Grieving the Death of a Friend -- Directions for Future Research -- References -- 13 Adolescent Bereavement Over the Deaths of Celebrities -- The Nature of Celebrity -- Attachment Styles and Celebrity -- The Disenfranchised Nature of Celebrity Grief -- Social Functions -- Types of Loss -- Implications for Practice -- Implications for Future Research -- Conclusion -- References -- 14 Adolescent Bereavement and Traumatic Deaths -- Traumatic Death -- Adolescent Development and Traumatic Grieving -- Relationships to Decedents -- Therapeutic Interventions -- Conclusion -- References -- PART IV: INTERVENTIONS -- 15 Educating Adolescents About Death, Bereavement, and Coping -- An Example: A Community in Bergen County, New Jersey -- Death Education -- The Role of the School -- Community Grief -- Qualifications of Death Educators -- High School Death Education Curricula -- Models of High School Death Education Curricula -- Conclusion -- References -- 16 Camps and Support Groups for Adolescents -- Needs and Responses -- Camps and Retreats for Adolescents -- Retreats for Teens With Serious Illnesses.

Specialized Grief Support Groups -- Summary -- References -- 17 Psychotherapeutic Approaches for Adolescents With Life-Threatening Illnesses -- The Role of Psychotherapy -- Themes in Psychotherapy -- Implications for End-of-Life Care -- References -- 18 Counseling Approaches for Bereaved Adolescents -- Rationales for Intervention -- The Treatment Process: Using What We Have Learned -- Treatment Approaches -- Concluding Comments -- References -- 19 Therapy for Adolescents Experiencing Prolonged Grief -- Attributions and Meanings for Adolescents -- Traumatic and/or Stigmatized Deaths -- Current State of Research and Knowledge Base -- Clinical Implications of Working With Prolonged Grief in Adolescence -- Traumatic Grief -- Complicated Grief in Adolescents -- Clinical Considerations With Adolescent Rage -- Clinical Case Example -- Discussion and Clinical Implications -- References -- 20 Interventions for Caregivers Suffering From Compassion Fatigue or Burnout -- Significant Developmental Issues -- Caregiving and Stress -- Grief in Caregivers -- Compassion Fatigue -- Burnout -- Avoiding and Managing Compassion Fatigue and Burnout -- Conclusion -- References -- Name Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Subject Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- H -- I -- L -- M -- P -- R -- S -- T.