Accelerated Resolution Therapy: Randomized Controlled Trial of a Complicated Grief Intervention.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Complicated grief (CG) is severe, prolonged (>12 months) grieving. Complicated grief disproportionately affects older adults and is associated with negative physical/psychological effects. Although treatment options exist, those which do are time-intensive. We report on a randomized clinical trial (RCT) which examined whether accelerated resolution therapy (ART), a novel mind-body therapy, is effective in treating CG, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and depression among hospice informal caregivers.

Research design and methods

Prospective 2 group, wait-listed RCT. All participants were scheduled to receive 4 ART sessions.

Inclusion

≥60 years, inventory of CG >25, and PTSD checklist for Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Diso

SUBMITTER: Buck HG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8168719 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature