The effects of self-help and psychotherapy intervention on child loss: The limits of recovery.
- 1 January 1985
- journal article
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in American Journal of Orthopsychiatry
- Vol. 55 (1), 70-82
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1939-0025.1985.tb03422.x
Abstract
Results of a longitudinal study of the effects of bereaved parents' participation in a self-help group and in psychotherapy are presented. Active self-help group participants evidenced unique changes in attitudes about bereavement. Reasons for lack of differences in mental health, marital, and parental roles are discussed.Keywords
Funding Information
- PHS (5-R01-MH30742; K05-MH20342)
- SUNY
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