title: Psychological tasks for bereaved children.
abstract: The grief process in bereaved children is conceptualized as a series of psychological tasks that must be accomplished over time. Early tasks include understanding and self-protection; middle-phase tasks include acceptance and reworking; late tasks pertain to identification and development. This timing model has practical implications for the conduct of psychotherapy at different times during the grief process.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge Hospital, Mass.
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Baker
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Sedney
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gross
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D001601:Bereavement; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003674:Defense Mechanisms; D005196:Family Therapy / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006117:Grief; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008426:Maternal Deprivation; D010333:Paternal Deprivation; D010553:Personality Development; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*