Supporting children and adolescents following parental bereavement: guidance for health-care professionals

RA Kentor, JB Kaplow - The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, 2020 - thelancet.com
Death of a parent in childhood and adolescence is a distressing life event. Childhood grief
reactions are distinct from those in adults, and are affected by developmental and contextual …

[HTML][HTML] Effectiveness and feasibility of internet-based interventions for grief after bereavement: systematic review and meta-analysis

AE Zuelke, M Luppa, M Löbner, A Pabst… - JMIR Mental …, 2021 - mental.jmir.org
Background: Although grief and its symptoms constitute a normal reaction to experiences of
loss, some of those affected still report elevated levels of distress after an extended period …

CBT for prolonged grief in children and adolescents: A randomized clinical trial

PA Boelen, LIM Lenferink… - American Journal of …, 2021 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
Objective: Prolonged grief disorder was newly included in ICD-11 and resembles persistent
complex bereavement disorder, newly included in DSM-5. Although prolonged grief disorder …

Internet-based exposure and behavioral activation for complicated grief and rumination: A randomized controlled trial

MC Eisma, PA Boelen, J van den Bout, W Stroebe… - Behavior therapy, 2015 - Elsevier
This study examined the effectiveness and feasibility of therapist-guided Internet-delivered
exposure (EX) and behavioral activation (BA) for complicated grief and rumination. Forty …

The effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy for prolonged grief symptoms in children and adolescents: A systematic review.

V Saladino, V Verrastro, D Calaresi… - International Journal of …, 2023 - psycnet.apa.org
Children and adolescents who experience the loss of a beloved one in traumatic
circumstances can experience prolonged grief symptoms, characterized by symptomatology …

Bereavement care interventions for children under the age of 18 following the death of a sibling: a systematic review

A Ridley, S Frache - Palliative Medicine, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Childhood bereavement after sibling death is common, but often unrecognized.
The psychosomatic and socioeconomic outcomes of bereaved children can be …

Improving the understanding and treatment of complex grief: An important issue for psychotraumatology

PA Boelen - European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
In the Netherlands, every year 500,000 people are confronted with the death of a close
relative. Many of these people experience little emotional distress. In some, bereavement …

An open trial of 'Grief‐Help': A cognitive–behavioural treatment for prolonged grief in children and adolescents

M Spuij, M Dekovic, PA Boelen - Clinical psychology & …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
In the past years, there is growing recognition of a syndrome of disturbed grief referred to as
prolonged grief disorder (PGD). Although mostly studied in adults, clinically significant PGD …

Multidimensional grief therapy: Pilot open trial of a novel intervention for bereaved children and adolescents

RM Hill, B Oosterhoff, CM Layne, E Rooney… - Journal of Child and …, 2019 - Springer
Objectives This study describes a pilot open trial of Multidimensional Grief Therapy, an
assessment-driven, phasic individual therapy for bereaved youth. This study provides a …

Family communication and psychological health in children and adolescents following a parent's death from cancer

M Weber, A Alvariza, U Kreicbergs… - OMEGA-Journal of …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Parentally bereaved children and adolescents are at risk of developing psychological health
problems. Evidence for a correlation between communication and broad measures of …