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FAMILY INTERVENTION WITH BEREAVED CHILDREN
Author(s) -
Black D.,
Urbanowicz M. A.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
journal of child psychology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.652
H-Index - 211
eISSN - 1469-7610
pISSN - 0021-9630
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1987.tb01767.x
Subject(s) - psychology , intervention (counseling) , developmental psychology , psychotherapist , clinical psychology , psychiatry
— This paper describes an intervention study carried out with 45 families (83 children) where one of the parents died, leaving a child or children under 16 years of age. The families were randonily assigned to treatment and control groups, the treatment group being seen by a family therapist for approximately six sessions within 3–5 months of bereavement. All the families were contacted approximately 1 year after and again 2 years after the bereavement and a structured interview was carried out, covering parental health and psychiatric state, the children's health and behaviour, and the death and events surrounding it. At follow‐up, there was some indication that the treatment group had benefited from the brief intervention. The implications for practice are discussed.