Grief: Treating Life Trauma Issues & Death

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Békés, V., Roberts, K., & Németh, D. (2023). Competitive neurocognitive processes following bereavement. Brain research bulletin, 199, 110663. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brainresbull.2023.110663

Fancourt, D., Finn, S., Warran, K., & Wiseman, T. (2022). Group singing in bereavement: effects on mental health, self-efficacy, self-esteem and well-being. BMJ supportive & palliative care, 12(e4), e607-e615. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjspcare-2018-001642

Lamon, L., De Hert, M., Detraux, J., & Hompes, T. (2022). Depression and post-traumatic stress disorder after perinatal loss in fathers: A systematic review. European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists, 65(1), e72. https://doi.org/10.1192/j.eurpsy.2022.2326

Lenferink, L. I. M., Franzen, M., Ten Klooster, P. M., Knaevelsrud, C., Boelen, P. A., & Heeke, C. (2023). The Traumatic Grief Inventory-Clinician Administered: A psychometric evaluation of a new interview for ICD-11 and DSM-5-TR prolonged grief disorder severity and probable caseness. Journal of affective disorders, 330, 188-197. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2023.03.006

Lenferink, L. I. M., Sveen, J., & Maccallum, F. (2023). Editorial: Consequences and aftercare of a traumatic loss of a loved one. Frontiers in psychiatry, 13, 1111000. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.1111000

Mathieu, S., Todor, R., De Leo, D., & Kõlves, K. (2022). Coping Styles Utilized during Suicide and Sudden Death Bereavement in the First Six Months. International journal of environmental research and public health, 19(22), 14709. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192214709

Nelson, K., Lukawiecki, J., Waitschies, K., Jackson, E., & Zivot, C. (2022). Exploring the Impacts of an Art and Narrative Therapy Program on Participants' Grief and Bereavement Experiences. Omega, 302228221111726. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/00302228221111726

Oates, J. R., & Maani, C. V. (2022). Death and Dying. In StatPearls. StatPearls Publishing.

Sedaghati, S. A., Bera, R. B., & Baker, J. (2023). Grief Support. In StatPearls. StatPearls Publishing.

Tey, M. Q., & Lee, G. L. (2022). Understanding Bereavement Experiences and Coping Among Bereaved Family Caregivers in Singapore: Positive Meaning Reconstruction in the Dual Process Model. Omega, 302228221133584. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/00302228221133584

Uneno, Y., Kotera, Y., Fujisawa, D., Kataoka, Y., Kosugi, K., Murata, N., Kessoku, T., Ozaki, A., Miyatake, H., & Muto, M. (2022). Development of a novel COMPAssion focused online psyChoTherapy for bereaved informal caregivers: the COMPACT feasibility trial protocol. BMJ open, 12(12), e067187. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-067187

Wen, F. H., Prigerson, H. G., Chou, W. C., Huang, C. C., Hu, T. H., Chiang, M. C., Chuang, L. P., & Tang, S. T. (2022). How symptoms of prolonged grief disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder, and depression relate to each other for grieving ICU families during the first two years of bereavement. Critical care (London, England), 26(1), 336. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13054-022-04216-5

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Barlé, N., Wortman, C. B., & Latack, J. A. (2017). Traumatic bereavement: Basic research and clinical implications. Journal of Psychotherapy Integration, 27(2), 127–139.

Beller, J., & Wagner, A. (2018). Loneliness, social isolation, their synergistic interaction, and mortality. Health Psychology, 37(9), 808–813.

Bellet, B. W., LeBlanc, N. J., Nizzi, M.-C., Carter, M. L., van der Does, F. H. S., Peters, J., Robinaugh, D. J., & McNally, R. J. (2020). "Identity confusion in complicated grief: A closer look": Correction. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 129(6), 543.

Boerner, K., Schulz, R., & Horowitz, A. (2004). Positive Aspects of Caregiving and Adaptation to Bereavement. Psychology and Aging, 19(4), 668–675. 

Bonanno, G. A., & Lilienfeld, S. O. (2008). Let's be realistic: When grief counseling is effective and when it's not. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 39(3), 377–378.

Busch, F. (2015). Review of Restoring mentalizing in attachment relationships: Treating trauma with plain old therapy [Review of the book Restoring mentalizing in attachment relationships: Treating trauma with plain old therapy, by J. G. Allen]. Psychoanalytic Psychology, 32(1), 216–220.

Captari, L. E., Riggs, S. A., & Stephen, K. (2020). Attachment processes following traumatic loss: A mediation model examining identity distress, shattered assumptions, prolonged grief, and posttraumatic growth. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. Advance online publication. 

D'Andrea, W., & Pole, N. (2012). A naturalistic study of the relation of psychotherapy process to changes in symptoms, information processing, and physiological activity in complex trauma. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 4(4), 438–446. 

Delelis, G., & Christophe, V. (2018). Motives for social isolation following a negative emotional episode. Swiss Journal of Psychology, 77(3), 127–131.

Diamond, D. J., & Diamond, M. O. (2017). Parenthood after reproductive loss: How psychotherapy can help with postpartum adjustment and parent–infant attachment. Psychotherapy, 54(4), 373–379.

Diminich, E. D., & Bonanno, G. A. (2014). Faces, feelings, words: Divergence across channels of emotional responding in complicated grief. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 123(2), 350–361. 

Elmer, T., Geschwind, N., Peeters, F., Wichers, M., & Bringmann, L. (2020). Getting stuck in social isolation: Solitude inertia and depressive symptoms. Journal of Abnormal Psychology. Advance online publication. 

Elsass, P. (2008). Spiritual attachment: Examples of the healing potential of solitude. Nordic Psychology, 60(1), 72–84. 

Ferrajão, P. C., & Elklit, A. (2020). The contributions of different types of trauma and world assumptions to predicting psychological distress. Traumatology, 26(1), 137–146. 

Finlay, L. D. (2015). Evidence-based trauma treatment: Problems with a cognitive reappraisal of guilt. Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology, 35(4), 220–229.

Glad, K. A., Stensland, S., Czajkowski, N. O., Boelen, P. A., & Dyb, G. (2021). The longitudinal association between symptoms of posttraumatic stress and complicated grief: A random intercepts cross-lag analysis. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. Advance online publication.

Golden, A.-M. J., & Dalgleish, T. (2012). Facets of pejorative self-processing in complicated grief. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 80(3), 512–524.

Heintzelman, A., Murdock, N. L., Krycak, R. C., & Seay, L. (2014). Recovery from infidelity: Differentiation of self, trauma, forgiveness, and posttraumatic growth among couples in continuing relationships. Couple and Family Psychology: Research and Practice, 3(1), 13–29. 

Jordan, A. H., & Litz, B. T. (2014). Prolonged grief disorder: Diagnostic, assessment, and treatment considerations. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 45(3), 180–187. 

Katz, A. C., Norr, A. M., Buck, B., Fantelli, E., Edwards-Stewart, A., Koenen-Woods, P., Zetocha, K., Smolenski, D. J., Holloway, K., Rothbaum, B. O., Difede, J., Rizzo, A., Skopp, N., Mishkind, M., Gahm, G., Reger, G. M., & Andrasik, F. (2020). Changes in physiological reactivity in response to the trauma memory during prolonged exposure and virtual reality exposure therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. Advance online publication. 

Kramer, U., Pascual-Leone, A., Despland, J.-N., & de Roten, Y. (2015). One minute of grief: Emotional processing in short-term dynamic psychotherapy for adjustment disorder. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 83(1), 187–198.

Meert, K. L., Eggly, S., Kavanaugh, K., Berg, R. A., Wessel, D. L., Newth, C. J. L., Shanley, T. P., Harrison, R., Dalton, H., Dean, J. M., Doctor, A., Jenkins, T., & Park, C. L. (2015). Meaning making during parent–physician bereavement meetings after a child’s death. Health Psychology, 34(4), 453–461. 

Merluzzi, T. V., Burgio, K. L., & Glass, C. R. (1984). Cognition and psychopathology: An analysis of social introversion and self-statements. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 52(6), 1102–1103. 

Olson-Garriott, A. N., Gamino, L. A., Davies, E. B., & Gudmundsdottir, M. (2015). Having or adopting another child: Perspectives from bereaved fathers. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 46(5), 317–324. 

Presseau, C., Contractor, A. A., Reddy, M. K., & Shea, M. T. (2018). Childhood maltreatment and post-deployment psychological distress: The indirect role of emotional numbing. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 10(4), 411–418. 

Riggs, D. S. (2014). Traumatized relationships: Symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder, fear of intimacy, and marital adjustment in dual trauma couples. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 6(3), 201–206.

Ruscher, J. B. (2011). Moving forward: The effect of spatiotemporal metaphors on perceptions about grief. Social Psychology, 42(3), 225–230. 

Sherman, N. (2014). Recovering lost goodness: Shame, guilt, and self-empathy. Psychoanalytic Psychology, 31(2), 217–235.

Smith, K. V., & Ehlers, A. (2020). Cognitive predictors of grief trajectories in the first months of loss: A latent growth mixture model. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 88(2), 93–105.

Sonesh, S. C., Coultas, C. W., Marlow, S. L., Lacerenza, C. N., Reyes, D., & Salas, E. (2015). Coaching in the wild: Identifying factors that lead to success. Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research, 67(3), 189–217.

Stappenbeck, C. A., George, W. H., Staples, J. M., Nguyen, H., Davis, K. C., Kaysen, D., Heiman, J. R., Masters, N. T., Norris, J., Danube, C. L., Gilmore, A. K., & Kajumulo, K. F. (2016). In-the-moment dissociation, emotional numbing, and sexual risk: The influence of sexual trauma history, trauma symptoms, and alcohol intoxication. Psychology of Violence, 6(4), 586–595.

Strack, J., Lopes, P., Esteves, F., & Fernandez-Berrocal, P. (2017). Must we suffer to succeed? When anxiety boosts motivation and performance. Journal of Individual Differences, 38(2), 113–124. 

Taylor, S. (2020). Transformation through loss and grief: A study of personal transformation following bereavement. The Humanistic Psychologist. Advance online publication. 

Tignor, S. M., & Colvin, C. R. (2019). The meaning of guilt: Reconciling the past to inform the future. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 116(6), 989–1010.

Weiss, T. (2005). A Researcher's Personal Narrative: Positive Emotions, Mythical Thinking and Posttraumatic Growth. Traumatology, 11(4), 209–219. 

Wood, A. G., Turner, M. J., Barker, J. B., & Higgins, S. J. (2017). Investigating the effects of irrational and rational self-statements on motor-skill and hazard-perception performance. Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology, 6(4), 384–400.

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Additional References:
- Bluhm, Robyn L.; Williamson, Peter C.; Osuch, Elizabeth A.; Frewen, Paul A.; Stevens, Todd K.; Boksman, Kristine; Neufeld, Richard W. J.; Théberge, Jean; Lanius, Ruth A., Alterations in Default Network Connectivity in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Related to Early-life Trauma; Journal of Psychiatry & Neuroscience; 2009-05; Vol. 34 Issue 3

- Bright, Ruth; Music Therapy in Grief Resolution; Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic; Fall 1999, Vol. 63, Issue 4.

- California Legislature. Senate Bill No. 128. California End of life Option Act. June 16, 2015.

- Carmack, Heather J.; Degroot, Jocelyn M. Omega: Exploiting Loss? Ethical Considerations, Boundaries, and Opportunities for the Study of Death and Grief Online. Journal of Death & Dying. 2013, Vol. 68 Issue 4, p315-335. 21p. DOI: 10.2190/OM.68.4.b.  

- Carpinello, Sharon, RN, Ph.D. Grief Counseling Resource Guide. New York State Office of Mental Health. 2004.

- Child Welfare Information Gateway. Trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy for children affected by sexual abuse or trauma. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Children’s Bureau, 2012, p 1-16.

- Cox, Gerry R. Principles and Practices of Grief Counseling. Illness, Crisis & Loss. 2013, Vol. 21 Issue 4, p370-372. 3p.

- Daviss, Burleson W., Diler, Rasim S., Birmaher, Boris, Associations of Litetime Depression with Trauma Exposure, Other Environmental Adversities, and Impairment in Adolescents with ADHD; Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology; 2009-08; Vol. 37; Issue 6.

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- Jacobs, Selby, Mazure, Carolyn & Holly Prigerson, Diagnostic Criteria for Traumatic Grief, Death Studies, Apr/May 2000, Vol. 24, Issue 3.

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- McBride, Joseph & Steven Simms, Death in the Family: Adapting a Family Systems Framework to the Grief Process, American Journal of Family Therapy, Jan/Feb 2001, Vol. 29, Issue 1.

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- Regambal, Marci J., Alden, Lynn E., Pathways to Intrusive Memories in Trauma Analogue Paradigm: A Structural Equation Model; Depression & Anxiety (1091-4269); 2009; Vol. 26 Issue 2

- Richardson, Meg; Cobham, Vanessa; McDermott, Brett; Murray, Judith. Youth Mental Illness and the Family: Parents' Loss and Grief. Journal of Child & Family Studies. Jul2013, Vol. 22 Issue 5, p719-736. 18p. 1 Chart. DOI: 10.1007/s10826-012-9625-x.

- Rosenblatt, Paul, Protective Parenting After the Death of a Child, Journal of Personal & Interpersonal Loss, Oct-Dec 2000, Vol. 5, Issue 4.

- SAMHSA. Complex Trauma and Health Homes – Draft FAQs, New York State Department of Health, October 2015, p1-3.

- Servaty-Seib, Heather, Connections Between Counseling Theories and Current Theories of Grief and Mourning, Journal of Mental Health Counseling, Apr. 2004, Vol. 26, Issue 2.

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