title: Child and adolescent homicide survivors. Complicated grief and altered worldviews.
abstract: The act of homicide may influence the worldviews of children and adolescents. Problematic beliefs of uncertainty, inadequacy, perceiving the world as dangerous, self-denial, and lack of control can contribute to complicated grief in children and adolescents, and can potentially disrupt their normal psychosocial growth and development. Mental health professionals' understanding of grief after the homicide of a family member enhances their ability to intervene with and support young people struggling to cope with and adapt to a sudden loss.
authors.affiliation: New Mexico Grief Services Program, Office of the Medical Investigator, New Mexico Health Sciences Center, School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA. GJVigil@salud.unm.edu
authors.forename: Gloria J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Vigil
authors.forename: Paul T
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: Clements
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D001290:Attitude; D002648:Child; D005239:Fear; D006117:Grief; D006708:Homicide / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000379:methods; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D002666:Psychology, Child; D012944:Social Support; D017741:Survivors / Q000523:psychology*