Facing fears and sadness: Cognitive-behavioral therapy for childhood traumatic grief

Harvard Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 187-198

  Brown, Elissa J ^a,c   Pearlman, Michelle Y ^a   Goodman, Robin F ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b National Child Traumatic Stress Network   (United States)

^c ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral therapy; Bereavement; Child; Cognitive therapy; Grief; Trauma; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BEREAVEMENT; CASE REPORT; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHILDHOOD TRAUMATIC GRIEF; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEATH; FEAR; GRIEF; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOTRAUMA; RATING SCALE; TERRORISM; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BEREAVEMENT; CHILD; CHILD REACTIVE DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COUNSELING; DEPRESSION; FAMILY THERAPY; FEAR; FIRES; GRIEF; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; OCCUPATIONS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC PROCESSES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TERRORISM;

EID: 4944226172     PISSN: 10673229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10673220490509516     Document Type: Article

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