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Disposition towards compulsive caregiving 
Disposition to assert independence of affectional ties 
Tentative conclusions 
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Childhood Experiences of Perscns Prone to Disordered 
Mourning 
Traditional theories 
The position adopted 
Experiences disposing towards anxious and ambivalent 
attachment 
Experiences disposing towards compulsive caregiving 
Experiences disposing towards assertion of independence 
of affectional ties 
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Cognitive Processes Contributing to Variations in 
Response to Loss 
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A framework for conceptualizing cognitive processes 
Cognitive biases affecting responses to loss 
Biases contributing to chronic mourning 
Biases contributing to prolonged absence of grieving 
Biased perceptions of potential comforters 
Biases contributing to a healthy outcome 
Interaction of cognitive biases with other conditions 
affecting responses to loss 
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Sadness, Depression and Depressive Disorder 
Sadness and depression 
Depressive disorder and childhood experience 
Depressive disorders and their relation to loss: George 
Brown’s study 
The role of neurophysiological processes 
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Part III: The Mourning of Children 
Death of Parent during Childhood and Adolescence 
Sources and plan of work 
When and what a child 1s told 
Children’s ideas about death 
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