Abstract Studies have shown that parental loss effects the adolescence stage in negative ways. Feelings of loneliness, despair, guilt, and anger are common amongst those that are bereaved adolescents. There has been extensive research on grief and mourning within adults, but very little for adolescents, especially those that are parentally bereaved. This literature review will cover some of the topics of depression amongst adolescents, as well as other subjects. Introduction According
Depression and Loneliness in Coping with Parental Death in Children Coping with a parent being seriously ill or the death of a parent can be extremely hard for children. They go through the feelings of loneliness, depression, and grief. When children are a witness to an ill parent or a deceased parent it causes an extreme amount of stress according to Buchwald, Delmar, & Schantz-Laursen (2011). Buchwald et al., (2011) also mentions that children may lose a sense of security when confronting a parent’s
from 14 to 19. The Student Support Center where I work is an additional resource for students who seek emotional, social, behavioral, or academic support, so my role is to be available for any student who walks in or is referred by school staff or a parent. Although I was quick to understand the best ways of working with my population and I’ve grown comfortable working with teenagers in general, the aspect that I find challenging is working with teenagers who are grieving a death in their family or
Introduction: This journal submission is a reflection on the July 14th (PTSD), 21st (Children & Grief), and 28th (Children & Grief cont.) class lectures and the videos, Alive Day, HBO (2006), Helping Children Grieve, Ford and D’Arcy, and will be the last in this series. PTSD This first lecture began with a comprehensive overview of PTSD. Some of the points highlighted included; everyone is at risk for PTSD and there is a very clear connection between grief and trauma. Grief can exist alone but
death, serious injury or sexual violence “(American Psychiatric Association, 2013, pg. 271). Only recently have children and youth been deemed to have experienced PTSD and usually undergo therapy, medication and various treatment options to minimize the impact PTSD has on one’s life. Throughout this paper, I will be discussing the development of the disorder, how PTSD symptoms differ in children, treatment options, and a clinical case example. According to the American Psychiatric Association, exhibiting
process of grieving which is the dealing and coping with the loss of the loved one. Any living thing can grieve and relate to a loss, even children (Shortle, Young, & Williams, 1993). “Childhood grief and mourning of family and friends may have immediate and long-lasting consequences including depression, anxiety, social withdrawal, behavioral disturbances, and school underachievement” (Kaufman & Kaufman, 2006, p. 61). American children today grow up in cultures that attempt to avoid grief and
This is evident in Jamie’s case. His father walked out as he was unable to cope therefore leaving his mother as a single parent. This could benefit Jamie as he may come to think that although his father walked out, it doesn’t necessarily mean that he will replicate his father’s behaviour. Different cognitive behavioural theorists have developed their own concepts on the Cognitive
daughter in order to solve the problems that she will be facing. She is a 13-year-old little girl, and become an orphan after her mother was dead. According to World Health Organization, adolescent are aged between 10 and 19. And a Hungarian psychologist named Mihaly Csikszentminhalyi (2017) said, adolescent changes
Abstract Children who are grieving often struggle with life because they have lost a loved one. The loss may have been expected or unexpected, but the pain is still great. However, the way the person was lost and other factors surrounding the death, as well as the age of the child, can all affect how a counselor handles the child and his or her grief. Children can also grieve something other than a death, so there are many situations in which a child might need to see a grief counselor. Additionally
with her children, her oldest brother Devon was home, her other brother, Terrence, was not under bad influence, and her sister, Kiana’s, life would not be broken. They supposedly had a happy family, good relationships with each other and mutual respect. After Akeelah’s father died, she relocated from a good fit to a poor fit where the match between her and her environment is different. Akeelah’s mother started to work longer hours as a nurse in a hospital to survive and care for her children as she