Publications by authors named "Nutta-On P Blair"
Article Synopsis
- Prolonged grief disorder (PGD) affects cognitive functions, especially in older adults experiencing early grief, but the specific neuropsychological impacts are not well understood.
- A study compared neuropsychological performance among older bereaved adults (with high and low grief symptoms) and non-bereaved individuals, revealing that those with high grief experienced greater impairments in executive functioning, attention, and processing speed.
- Findings suggest that poorer cognitive performance correlates with higher grief intensity, particularly within the first six months after a loss, indicating that early grief may hinder cognitive functioning and could potentially affect the development of integrated grief or PGD.
Bereaved older adults experiencing high grief in the first year after an attachment loss is at increased risk for prolonged grief disorder (PGD) via unknown mechanisms. Yearning, a core grief symptom, is linked to the ventral striatal (VS) brain function, but the role of this neuronal system in late-life grief is poorly understood. As a first step, we examined the VS subregional abnormalities associated with multidimensional symptoms in bereaved elders during the first year post-loss.
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