PART I. SETTING THE STAGE 1. Introduction to the Handbook Margaret Stroebe, Kari Dyregrov and Kristine B. Titlestad 2. Researching drug-related death bereavement: Methodological suggestions for the study of key conceptual issues Eleftheria Tseliou and Georgios Abakoumkin 3. Drug-related death bereavement: Commentary by a bereaved parent on a research study Kelly Thomas, Kristine B. Titlestad, Margaret Stroebe, and Kari Dyregrov PART II. CONTEXT: THE SOCIETAL EMBEDDEDNESS OF BEREAVEMENT FOLLOWING A DRUG-RELATED DEATH 4. The importance of cultural context: A cross-cultural perspective on drug-death bereavement Paul C. Rosenblatt 5. Drug policy and welfare systems as context for drug-related death bereavement Svanaug Fjær and Kari Dyregrov 6. Disenfranchisement following a drug-related death Kenneth J. Doka and Kari Dyregrov 7. The impact of stigmatization before and after drug-related deaths Beatrice M. Wendeln, Madeline Oppenheim, Georg Schomerus, Patrick W. Corrigan PART III. CONSEQUENCES AND COPING (1): THE BEREAVEMENT EXPERIENCE FOLLOWING A DRUG-RELATED DEATH 8. Bereaved parents’ relationship following drug-related death loss: (What) can we learn from relationship research? Asuman Buyukcan-Tetik, Catrin Finkenauer, and Sara Albuquerque 9. Understanding parental grief on the death of a child who used narcotics William T. Feigelman and Kristine B. Titlestad 10. Risk factors for prolonged grief disorder in people bereaved by drug-related deaths Øyvind R. Kalsås and Maja O’Connor 11. Adjusting to loss after death from drug-related versus other traumatic deaths: Unique challenges? Jamison S. Bottomley, William T. Feigelman, and Alyssa A. Rheingold 12. Coping with bereavement due to drug-related death in the context of one’s own drug challenges Richard Velleman and Lillian Bruland Selseng 13. Patterns of coping following a drug-related death: An overview of the END project findings Kristine B. Titlestad, Lillian B. Selseng and Kari Dyregrov PART IV. CONSEQUENCES AND COPING (2): BEYOND THE WESTERN WORLD 14. Dealing with bereavement following a drug-related death in China Xinxian Liu and Suqin Tang 15. "Sℇ Asa”: Bereavement following bad deaths in Ghana Johnny Andoh-Arthur 16. Bereavement following a drug-related death in Mexico and India Richard Velleman, Marcela Tiburcio and Abhijit Nadkarni PART V. CARE (1): SUPPORTING BEREAVED PERSONS FOLLOWING A DRUG-RELATED DEATH 17. Guidance for supporting/counselling people bereaved through a drug-related death: Unique circumstances, special needs Peter Cartwright 18. Working with families following drug-death related loss Sari Lindeman and Lillian B. Selseng 19. On the provision of informal and formal support: From personal networks and colleagues, to schools, front line and health care providers Kari Dyregrov, Monika Reime and Sonja Mellingen 20. Stigma, kindness and professionalism: On fostering compassion and countering stigmatization Richard Velleman and Lorna Templeton 21. Belonging and empowerment: Experiences of community support following a drug-related death Joshua Stout and Benjamin Fleury-Steiner 22. Wall of Silence: Supporting providers after a drug-related death Adelya A. Urmanche and Kate Szymanski PART VI. CARE (2): TREATMENTS FOR DRUG-RELATED DEATH BEREAVED PERSONS IN NEED 23. Models of adaptation to bereavement: Application to grief therapy after a drug-related death Jamison S. Bottomley and Robert A. Neimeyer 24. Prolonged Grief Disorder therapy for drug-related death bereaved, with insights from the Dual Process Model Henry Willis, Natalia Skritskaya, and M. Katherine Shear 25. Psychotherapeutic treatment for bereaved persons encountering grief difficulties following a drug-related death Jens C. Thimm and Pål Kristensen 26. Brief Eclectic Psychotherapy for prolonged and traumatic grief following drug-related death Geert Smid, Sophie M.C. Hengst, Joanna Wojtkowiak, Rebecca Gasser, and Paul A. Boelen 27. Structured support for adults bereaved by a drug-related death: The potential of the 5-Step Method Lorna Templeton 28. Rebuilding relationships: The benefits of increasing self-awareness through writing following a drug-related death Christina Thatcher PART VII. REFLECTIONS 29. Implications of the END project: Beyond the Norwegian context? Monika Reime, Lillian B. Selseng, Kristine B. Titlestad and Kari Dyregrov 30. The handbook under the magnifying glass: Lessons (still) to be learnt from the study of drug- related death bereavement Margaret Stroebe, Kari Dyregrov, and Kristine B. Titlestad