Group Intervention for Children Bereaved by the Suicide of a Relative

Pfeffer, Cynthia R.; Jiang, Hong; Kakuma, Tatsuyuki; Hwang, Judy; Metsch, Michele

doi:10.1097/00004583-200205000-00007

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“…Several theory-based behavioral intervention programs among bereaved children in the United States have demonstrated efficacy in improving coping with bereavement-related stressors among orphans (Pfeffer, Jiang, Kakuma, Hwang, & Metsch, 2002;Sandler, et al, 2003) and among children affected by HIV (Forehand et al, 1998;Rotheram-Borus, Murphy, Draimin, & Miller, 1997). Given the resources required for designing and evaluating such effective programs and urgent needs for these programs in China and other resource-poor countries, a plausible and cost-effective approach may be to culturally adapt some of these intervention approaches to new settings.…”

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Care arrangements, grief and psychological problems among children orphaned by AIDS in China

Zhao

Fang

et al. 2007

AIDS Care

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The China Ministry of Health has estimated that there are at least 100,000 AIDS orphans in China. The UNICEF China Office estimates that between 150,000 and 250,000 additional children will be orphaned by AIDS over the next five years. However, limited data are available regarding the sociodemographic characteristics, care arrangement, barriers to appropriate grief resolution and psychological problems among AIDS orphans in China. In this article, we review secondary data and reports from scientific literature, government, non-governmental organizations, and public media regarding children orphaned by AIDS in China to address their living situation, bereavement process, and psychological problems. Our review suggests that AIDS orphans in China are living in a stressful environment with many orphans struggling with psychological problems and unmet basic needs such as food, shelter, education, and medical care. Based on our review, we suggest that future studies should address the psychosocial needs of AIDS orphans in China and develop health promotion programs to mitigate the negative impact of parental death on the physical and psychosocial wellbeing of these orphans.

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Care arrangements, grief and psychological problems among children orphaned by AIDS in China

Zhao

Fang

et al. 2007

AIDS Care

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“…The cognitive behaviorally based (CBT) programs often had a separate curriculum for the child, following or adapting the existing manualized treatments for childhood anxiety disorders (e.g., Barrett et al 1996;Cobham et al 1998;Kendall et al 2008;Shortt et al 2001). Aside from BPT programs that focused on the parents, interventions were typically conducted either in concurrent, separate sessions (e.g., Chacko et al 2008Chacko et al , 2009Fristad 2006;Pfeffer et al 2002), conjointly (e.g., Kendall et al 2008), or a combination of conjoined and separate sessions (e.g., Cohen et al 2004;Cohen and Mannarino 2008;Deblinger et al 2001;Geist et al 2000). Parent support interventions were often offered in group formats for BPT/ PT programs; while CBT groups were less common (e.g., Deblinger et al 2001;Fristad 2006).…”

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Family Support in Children’s Mental Health: A Review and Synthesis

Hoagwood

Cavaleri

Olin

et al. 2009

Clin Child Fam Psychol Rev

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A comprehensive review of structured family support programs in children's mental health was conducted in collaboration with leadership from key national family organizations. The goals were to identify typologies of family support services for which evaluation data existed and identify research gaps. Over 200 programs were examined; 50 met criteria for inclusion. Programs were categorized by whether they were delivered by peer family members, clinicians, or teams. Five salient components of family support were identified: (a) informational, (b) instructional, (c) emotional, (d) instrumental, and (e) advocacy. Clinician-led programs were heavily represented (n = 33, 66%), followed by family-led (n = 11, 22%), and team-delivered (n = 6, 12%) programs. Key differences between programs delivered by clinicians or by peer family members were found in the degree of emphasis, research methodology, and outcomes. However, the content of the components was similar across all three program types. There are both important differences in emphasis across typologies of family support provided by clinicians, family members, or teams as well as important similarities in content. Family-delivered support may be an important adjunct to existing services for parents, although the research base remains thin. A research agenda to promote more rigorous evaluations of these services especially those delivered by peer family members is critical.

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“…Anxiety can have far reaching effects on school attendance, learning, achievement and peer relationships. One systematic review (Compton et al 2002); two experimental studies (Mendlowitz et al 1999, Pfeffer et al 2002 and five simple before and after studies (Benazon et al 2002, March et al 1998, Kaplan et al1995, Ovaert et al 2003, Thieneman et al 2001) provided evidence of effectiveness of CBT counselling for emotional problems related to anxiety. Compton et al (2002) provided evidence of effectiveness of CBT in the 6-13 years age group with generalized anxiety, separation anxiety, social anxiety and avoidant disorder and showed effectiveness in reducing 08 108 •…”

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Adding value to education through improved mental health: A review of the research evidence on the effectiveness of counselling for children and young people

Pattison

Harris

2006

Aust. Educ. Res.

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This paper is set against the backdrop of an increasing number of strategies and policies developed by the Department for Education and Skills in the U.K. regarding the promotion of positive mental health in schools and the recognition of the value of improving mental health in relation to children's learning, achievement, attendance and behaviour. The aim of the paper is to present the results from a systematic review of the research evidence on counselling children and young people and discuss these results in relation to the educational context and the added value to be gained in addressing the mental health needs of children and young people. A systematic review methodology is used to assess the outcome research literature. The review is structured around a range of counselling issues and four groups of counselling approaches: cognitive-behavioural, person-centred, psychodynamic and creative therapies. Results indicate that all four approaches to counselling are effective for children and young people across the full range of counselling issues. However, more high quality published research evidence was located for the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioural counselling than other approaches, identifying significant gaps in the evidence bases for these approaches. Other gaps in the evidence include research into counselling for school related issues and self-harm. 9•97

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Group Intervention for Children Bereaved by the Suicide of a Relative

Cited by 119 publications

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Care arrangements, grief and psychological problems among children orphaned by AIDS in China

Care arrangements, grief and psychological problems among children orphaned by AIDS in China

Family Support in Children’s Mental Health: A Review and Synthesis

Adding value to education through improved mental health: A review of the research evidence on the effectiveness of counselling for children and young people

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