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Ph.D. Dissertation

Manevich, A. (2021). Attachment and the Two-Track Model of Loss and Bereavement among spouses of people suffering from cognitive impairment: The relation between disease progression to overall functioning and the interpersonal relationship with the patient in sickness and in death. Unpublished doctoral dissertation (Hebrew), 280 Pages, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel.

Supervised by Prof. Simon Shimshon Rubin and Dr. Michael Katz, Department of Psychology, University of Haifa; in collaboration with Prof. Judith Aharon-Peretz and Dr. Rachel Ben-Hayun, Cognitive Neurology Institute, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel

Articles in Refereed Journals

Published:

Manevich, A. (2025). Pre-death grief among family caregivers of individuals living with cognitive impairment and dementia: A comprehensive review of theory, research, clinical assessment, and psychotherapy. Mortality. doi:10.1080/13576275.2025.2561691

Manevich, A., & Aluma, S. (2025). Artificial continuing bonds: A proposed framework for responsible integration of Generative Artificial Intelligence in clinical thanatology. OMEGA – Journal of Death and Dying. doi:10.1177/00302228251372418

Malkinson, R., Witztum, E., Manevich, A., & Rubin, S. S. (2025). A short-term intervention program for traumatic grief guided by the Two-Track Model of Bereavement (TTMB): Applying a multi-module transtheoretical framework. Death Studies. doi: 10.1080/07481187.2025.2523644 *Equal contribution.

Manevich, A. (2025). Letter-writing to the deceased among family caregivers of individuals living with dementia: Exploring the role of technology-based interventions. Frontiers in Medicine, 12, 1576298. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2025.1576298

Malkinson, R., Manevich, A., Rubin, S. S., & Witztum, E. (2025). Mass trauma, multiple losses, and the application of the Two-Track Model of Bereavement in the context of war: Assessment from a Systemic-Ecological perspective. OMEGA – Journal of Death and Dying. doi:10.1177/00302228251337127 *Equal contribution.

Rubin, S. S., Manevich, A., & Yehene, E. (2024). Continuing Bonds in marriage, death and divorce: Conceptual and clinical considerations in the relationship to self and spouse. OMEGA – Journal of Death and Dying. doi:10.1177/00302228241226471 *Equal contribution.

Manevich, A., Yehene, E., & Rubin, S. S. (2023). A case for inclusion of disordered Non-Death Interpersonal Grief as an official diagnosis: Rationale, challenges and opportunities. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 14. doi:10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1300565 *Equal contribution.

Manevich, A., Rubin, S. S., Katz, M., Ben-Hayun, R., & Aharon-Peretz, J. (2023). The Two-Track Model of Dementia Grief and spousal response to illness and death. Death Studies, 47(5), 592-599.  doi: 10.1080/07481187.2022.2113479

Manevich, A., Rubin, S. S., Katz, M. Ben-Hayun, R., & Aharon-Peretz, J. (2023). Risk, resilience and the Two-Track Model of Dementia Grief among spouses of people living with cognitive decline. Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, 9, 1-12. doi:10.1177/23337214231171264

Manevich, A., Rubin, S. S., Katz, M. Ben-Hayun, R., & Aharon-Peretz, J. (2022). Spousal mourning for partners living with cognitive impairment: The interplay of Attachment and the Two-Track Model of Dementia Grief. OMEGA – Journal of Death and Dying. doi:10.1177/00302228221142632

Yehene, E., Manevich, A., & Rubin, S. S. (2021). Caregivers` grief in acquired Non-Death Interpersonal Loss (NoDIL): A process based model with implications for theory, research and intervention. Frontiers in Psychology, 12. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2021.676536 *Equal contribution.

Rubin, S. S., Manevich, A., & Doron, I. I. (2021). The Two-Track Model of Dementia Grief (TTM-DG): The theoretical and clinical significance of the continuing bond in sickness and in death. Death Studies, 45(10), 755-771. doi:10.1080/07481187.2019.1688014 *Equal contribution.

Chapters in Scientific Books:

Manevich, A. (2024). Disenfranchised widowhood: The journey of dementia caregivers. In S. Misciagna (Ed.). Topics in Neurocognition. doi: 10.5772/intechopen.114837

Additional Publications:

Manevich, A. (2023). Navigating through grief: The unheard story of dementia caregivers. Scientia, https://doi.org/10.33548/SCIENTIA928

Rubin, S. S., Bar-Nadav, O., Malkinson, R., Witztum, E., & Manevich, A. (2023). The Two-Track Bereavement Questionnaire 3 – CG11. Working paper of the International Laboratory for the Study of Loss, Bereavement and Human Resilience. Available online at: https://clbhr.haifa.ac.il/

Manevich, A., Rubin, S. S., Ben-Hayun, R., Aharon-Peretz, J., & Katz, M. (2021). Spousal dementia grief: A research report from the Two-Track Model of Dementia Grief project. OBM Geriatrics, 5(1), 1-21. doi:10.21926/obm.geriatr.2101160. *Equal contribution.

Publications in Hebrew:

In Media:

Interview for "Haaretz" newspaper (2024). The transparent bereavement of grandparents after October 7th. https://www.haaretz.co.il/opinions/nurit/2024-09-09/ty-article-opinion/.premium/00000191-d6b6-d653-a993-d7ff6bcb0000

Interview on dementia caregiving (2024). “What’s happening tomorrow” Podcast, by Rami Shani (Galatz)