Failure to mourn a stillbirth: an overlooked catastrophe.
The reasons for the difficulty of mourning a stillbirth and the therapeutic management of this mourning process are outlined. A case is described of failed mourning of a stillbirth which gave rise to a profound disturbance in mothering of a subsequent live baby. A psychotherapeutic technique is discussed which facilitates the failed mourning of a stillbirth.
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000275:Adjustment Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death / Q000523:psychology*; D006117:Grief; D006801:Humans; D008425:Maternal Behavior; D011247:Pregnancy; D011613:Psychotherapy