A Phone-Based Early Psychological Intervention for Supporting Bereaved Families in the Time of COVID-19
The exceptional circumstances of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic are making the grief processes challenging for families who are losing a relative for COVID-19. This community case study aimed to describe a phone-based primary preventive psychological intervention that has been delivered...
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doaj-2b31d4faa0624a24bf55c903293804282021-02-02T08:27:36ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Public Health2296-25652021-02-01910.3389/fpubh.2021.625691625691A Phone-Based Early Psychological Intervention for Supporting Bereaved Families in the Time of COVID-19Lidia Borghi0Julia Menichetti1Elena Vegni2Elena Vegni3The Early Bereavement Psychological Intervention working groupClinical Psychology, Department of Health Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, ItalyInstitute of Clinical Medicine, Akershus Universitetssykehus, University of Oslo, Oslo, NorwayClinical Psychology, Department of Health Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, ItalyUnit of Clinical Psychology, Santi Paolo and Carlo Hospital, Milan, ItalyThe exceptional circumstances of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic are making the grief processes challenging for families who are losing a relative for COVID-19. This community case study aimed to describe a phone-based primary preventive psychological intervention that has been delivered to these families by the Clinical Psychology unit of an Italian hospital. In particular, the article reports how the intervention has been organized within the overall hospital care pathway for families, the specific contents and components of the intervention, and the seven-phase structure of the intervention. The unique features and related challenges of the intervention, along with the implications for clinical practice, are discussed.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2021.625691/fullbereavementclinical psychologyCOVID-19familyhospital psychologyphone follow-up care |
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A Phone-Based Early Psychological Intervention for Supporting Bereaved Families in the Time of COVID-19 |
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A Phone-Based Early Psychological Intervention for Supporting Bereaved Families in the Time of COVID-19 |
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phone-based early psychological intervention for supporting bereaved families in the time of covid-19 |
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The exceptional circumstances of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic are making the grief processes challenging for families who are losing a relative for COVID-19. This community case study aimed to describe a phone-based primary preventive psychological intervention that has been delivered to these families by the Clinical Psychology unit of an Italian hospital. In particular, the article reports how the intervention has been organized within the overall hospital care pathway for families, the specific contents and components of the intervention, and the seven-phase structure of the intervention. The unique features and related challenges of the intervention, along with the implications for clinical practice, are discussed. |
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