Losing a Parent to Death in the Early Years ─ Guidelines for the Treatment of Traumatic Bereavement in Infancy and Early Childhood

Four therapists and psychiatrists at the San Francisco General Hospital's Child Trauma Research Project provide therapists with guidelines for treating infants and children who have experienced the death of a parent. Coverage includes common reactions, caregiver reactions, child responses, and the variables involved; the assessment process; and treatment including goals, modalities, setting, timing, creating safety, the therapeutic relationship, recurrent themes, and therapeutic strategies and tools. Annotation c2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)