Preliminaries; Contents; Preface: confidentiality; Acknowledgements; Introduction: how we came to the work; 1 Children and trauma; 2 Children and violence; 3 Children and grief; 4 Why do people kill their partners?; 5 The children's stories; 6 Picking up the pieces; 7 When mother kills father; 8 Healing the trauma; 9 For the rest of their childhood; 10 Looking backward and looking forward; 11 The legal system; 12 Research findings; 13 Planning services for bereaved and traumatised children; Appendices; Glossary; References; Name index; Subject index
Summary
Brings to public knowledge information about the effects of psychological trauma and bereavement on children
