Citation

Williams WV, Lee J, Polak PR. Community Ment. Health J. 1976; 12(2): 128-136.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1976, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

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PMID

1277777

Abstract

A controlled study that examined the effects of a short-term crisis service given to a group of families recently bereaved through a sudden death within the family is reported. The results reveal that sudden death does have a major impact on recently bereaved families in terms of increased risk of ill health, poor coping behavior, and disturbed social functioning when compared to nonbereaved families. However, the short-term crisis service appeared to have no major impact upon postbereavement adjustment. Discussion centered around possible reasons for failure of the short-term crisis services.

Language: en