title: The effects of self-help and psychotherapy intervention on child loss: the limits of recovery.
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.
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000275:Adjustment Disorders / Q000628:therapy; D002648:Child; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006117:Grief; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D012657:Self-Help Groups; D012917:Social Adjustment