Bereavement+Prevalence

Harrison and Harrington (2001) researched the prevalence of bereavement amongst adolescents; key points were:
 * Subjects were 11 to 16 year olds, North England. Only 7.6% (n=132) of the sample reported that they knew of no first-degree relative (FDR), second-degree relative (SDR), other significant relative, friend, or treasured pet who had ever died. The maximum number of human losses was 10 per subject (median 2).
 * Four percent (4.1%) had lost a parent, a rate similar to the U.S.A. (Garmezy and Masten, 1994)
 * Estimated that the risk of parental death before 16 is about 6%, and risk of sibling death before 16 is about 5%
 * (more to come!)
 * Early bereavement and loss 'may be vulnerability factors for mental disorder in both childhood and adult life' (Black 1998)



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