Toward a Definition of ‘Childhood Mourning’

Christina Sekaer, M.D.Authors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychotherapy

Volume 41, Number 2

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1987.41.2.201

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Abstract

Though a young child cannot mourn like an adult, optimal responses may be distinguished from pathological ones and used to define “childhood mourning.” Aspects of mourning such as identification and decathexis must be related to the child’s developmental level. Creative use of an “imaginary parent” may help master a parent loss.

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American Journal of Psychotherapy

Volume 41 • Number 2 • 1987, pp. 169–331

Pages: 201 - 219

PubMed: 3605454

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Published in print: 1987, pp. 169–331

Published online: 30 April 2018

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Christina Sekaer, M.D.^*

New York, N.Y.

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Assistant Attending in Psychiatry, St. Luke’s Hospital of the St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, N.Y. Mailing address: 1230 Park Avenue 2C, New York, N.Y. 10128.

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Toward a Definition of ‘Childhood Mourning’

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