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Psychiatry Res
December 2024
Ariel University, School of Social Work, Ariel, Israel.
The current study explored grief reaction profiles after the October 7th, 2023, Israeli massacre regarding the loss of significant others. It investigated factors worsening pre-existing grief in 2,028 adult civilians, with 1,263 reporting pre- or post-massacre loss. Participants completed self-reports on prolonged grief disorder (PGD), post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), complex PTSD (CPTSD), cognitive emotional regulation (CER), and assumptive worldviews.
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December 2024
Unit for Bereavement Research, Department of Psychology and Behavioral Studies, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
Synthesize research findings and provide insight into firsthand experiences of complicated grief. We systematically searched qualitative studies in English in four databases (PsycInfo, PubMed, CINAHL and Web of Science). We included 5 studies and applied meta-ethnography to identify and translate across studies.
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October 2024
Istituto di Psicopatologia, Rome, Italy.
Introduction: As the average global temperature increases, the effects of climate change worsen, through effects on worsening extreme events as well as exacerbating political, economic, and social turmoil (wars, conflicts, and migrations). This poses an existential risk to the survival of humans and non-humans. These effects are visible due to the impact on people's mental health and psychophysical well-being.
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October 2024
Department of Radiology & Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, USA; and Center for Research on End-of-Life Care, Cornell University, USA.
Background: The grief of relatives of patients who died of COVID-19 in an intensive care unit (ICU) has exacted an enormous toll worldwide.
Aims: To determine the prevalence of probable prolonged grief disorder (PGD) at 12 months post-loss and beyond. We also sought to examine circumstances of the death during the COVID-19 pandemic that might pose a heightened risk of PGD, and the associations between probable PGD diagnosis, quality of life and social disconnection.
Palliat Care Soc Pract
September 2024
Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Background: Grief has previously been described in pathological terms, characterized by several stages. In the past three decades, new perspectives on grief as a reaction to the loss of a significant other have emerged. It shows that grief is an individual process based on circumstances surrounding the death and the bereaved person's life situation, rather than being predetermined.
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