for the purpose of studying the effects of pathological and normal grief on the prevalence of mental disorders among adolescents. 164 intermediate and highschool students were administered a grief inventory and a questionnarire assessing mental disorders. among the study group 83 students had experienced the death of one of their family members (mostly fathers), and 81 did not have such experie...

Grief is a puzzling phenomenon. It is often costly and prolonged, potentially increasing mortality rates, drug abuse, withdrawal from social life, and susceptibility to illness. These costs cannot be repaid by the deceased and therefore might appear wasted. In the following article, we propose a possible solution. Using the principles of social selection theory, we argue that an important selec...

background: the purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioural stress management method on grief and ptsd symptoms among bereaved afghani adolescent migrant girls living in qom province. methods: the research design was a semi-experimental one with pretest-posttest control group format. the sample included all 12-18 year-old female bereaved afghani adolescent un...

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BACKGROUND Abortion is associated with moderate to high risk of psychological problems such as depression, use of alcohol or marijuana, anxiety, depression and suicidal behaviours. The increased risk of depression after spontaneous abortion in Asian populations has not been clearly established. Only a few studies have explored the relationship between grief and depression after abortion. METH...

OBJECTIVE We aimed to explore correlates and predictors of bereavement severity and persistence (triggered by "loss of a loved one"; referent group partner loss) in the Rotterdam cohort. METHOD We used linear regression to examine factors associated with grief severity using a cross-sectional analysis and logistic regression to determine prospective associations. RESULTS Cross-sectionaly, f...