When Father Kills Mother: Guiding Children through Trauma and Grief. Second Edition

children Bereaved By The Death Of One Parent At The Hands Of The Other, Almost Always The Father, In Effect Lose Both Parents, And Are Often Forgotten In The Midst Of Such Dramatic Situations. Reflecting The Increased Interest In Child Protection And Child Law Systems, This Second Edition Of when Father Kills Mother Brings To Public Knowledge, In Amplified Form Information About The Effects Of Psychological Trauma And Bereavement On Children. By Combining Knowledge About Bereavement With That Of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder, The Book Remains Informative And Essential Reading For All Those Involved In The Field, Both Professionally And Personally. Children bereaved by the death of one parent at the hands of the other, almost always the father, in effect lose both parents, and are often forgotten in the midst of such dramatic situations. Reflecting the increased interest in child protection and child law systems, this book brings to public knowledge information about the effects of psychological trauma and bereavement on children. This book combines knowledge about bereavement with that of post-traumatic stress disorder. It is designed for all those involved in the care of these children, both professionally and personally. Part I outlines what is known about the general effects of trauma, violence, and grief on children and adolescents. Part II deals specifically with the results for children of the experience of one parent killing another. Part III summarizes the findings of researchers and makes recommendations about how to plan services for all children and adolescents affected by loss or trauma or both. Appendix 1 is "Interviewing the Traumatised Child"; Appendix 2 is "Principles and Practice in Child Law"; Appendix 3 is "The Classification of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder"; Appendix 4 is "Voluntary Help; Useful Addresses"; and Appendix 5 is "Principles for Practice and Signposts for Future Work." Provides a glossary, name index, and subject index. (Contains 267 references.) (MKA) Preliminaries......Page 1 Contents......Page 8 Preface: confidentiality......Page 10 Acknowledgements......Page 12 Introduction: how we came to the work......Page 14 1 Children and trauma......Page 22 2 Children and violence......Page 35 3 Children and grief......Page 51 4 Why do people kill their partners?......Page 63 5 The children's stories......Page 78 6 Picking up the pieces......Page 92 7 When mother kills father......Page 113 8 Healing the trauma......Page 124 9 For the rest of their childhood......Page 155 10 Looking backward and looking forward......Page 167 11 The legal system......Page 188 12 Research findings......Page 206 13 Planning services for bereaved and traumatised children......Page 231 Appendices......Page 247 Glossary......Page 264 References......Page 267 Name index......Page 280 Subject index......Page 284 By combining knowledge about bereavement with that on post-traumatic stress disorder, this work assists all those who must deal with the trauma and suffering experienced by child witnesses of domestic violence The concept of post-traumatic stress disorder is discussed historically and with reference to recent research.