Translation and validation of the Perinatal Grief Scale in a sample of Greek women with perinatal loss during the 1st and 2nd trimester of pregnancy.

Objective: To translate and validate the Perinatal Grief Scale (PGS) (short version) in a sample of Greek women with perinatal loss during the first and second trimester of pregnancy.

Methods: One hundred seventy-six women were approached a few hours after the loss. Along with the PGS, three more questionnaires were completed: the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS), the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), in order to assess the convergent validity of the PGS.

Schema therapy for patients with chronic depression: a single case series study.

Background And Objectives: This study tested the effectiveness of schema therapy (ST) for patients with chronic depression.

Methods: Twelve patients with a diagnosis of chronic depression participated. The treatment protocol consisted of 60 sessions, with the first 55 sessions offered weekly and the last five sessions on a biweekly basis.

Psychiatric manifestations preceding fetal death in antiphospholipid syndrome.

Objectives: Antiphosholipid syndrome (APS) is a systemic autoimmune disorder characterized by a combination of thrombotic events, pregnancy morbidity and antiphospholipid antibodies. The objective of this report is to sensitize mental health professionals to the psychiatric manifestations of APS during pregnancy. To our knowledge, this is the first report on this matter.

The impact of miscarriage on women's pregnancy-specific anxiety and feelings of prenatal maternal-fetal attachment during the course of a subsequent pregnancy: an exploratory follow-up study.

This study assesses the implications a miscarriage history has on women's pregnancy-specific anxiety and feelings of prenatal maternal-fetal attachment during the 1st and 3rd trimesters of a subsequent pregnancy. Thirty-five pregnant women (N = 10 with a history of miscarriage) volunteered participation completing the Pregnancy Outcome Questionnaire (POQ), the Maternal Antenatal Attachment Scale (MAAS and a demographic/reproductive history questionnaire during the first trimester of pregnancy. Of these, 24 participants completed the measures again during the third trimester of pregnancy.