Programs for those bereaved: what do they really do?

Résumé

Group interventions with bereaved clients seem sensitive to their vulnerability and needs. Nevertheless, most groups don´t have sound theoretical basis from which they could derive their specific activities. In that context, some interventions may be useless and, conversely, some needs may be neglected. Based upon two ongoing evaluations, one with children and one with adults, the authors built theoretical models that could explain what is going on in these groups. In these models, one can see that most interventions are from psychotherapeutic or psycho-educational inspiration. The effects can be observed on the participants but also in their families, in the society at large and in the prevention organizations. As in other suicide prevention programs, most effects have to be measured in the immediate (proximal measures), the more distal ones not being available. ENFANT DEUIL-SUICIDE ENDEUILLÉ PROGRAMME MODÈLE ÉVALUATION INTERVENTION THÉORIE