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Towards a Cognitive-Behavioural Intervention for Adult Grief Reactions

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D. J. Kavanagh
D. J. Kavanagh*
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Department of Psychology, Badham Clinic, Building A16, University of Sydney 2006, Australia
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Published accounts of behavioural interventions for grief have relied on exposure and habituation to grief cues as the primary strategy. Such an approach is excessively narrow, since it does not adequately confront the challenges that are posed by a bereavement. Many people cope with a bereavement by themselves, and for those, intervention may well be counterproductive. A cognitive-behavioural intervention, following models for depression/anxiety, can assist vulnerable individuals obtain a more rapid or complete adjustment.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 157 , Issue 3 , September 1990 , pp. 373 - 383
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1990 

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