Aim: To translate the Perinatal Grief Scale questionnaire (short version) into the Czech language, assess its reliability and validate its use for measuring perinatal grief intensity in the Czech Republic. Design: A validation study. Methods: The Perinatal Grief Scale was, with the authors’ consent, translated using the translation/back translation method. The focus group translation method was...

BACKGROUND Individuals experience the loss of a spouse in varied ways. There is growing recognition of major depressive disorder and complicated grief as distinct post-bereavement disorders. However, most studies focusing on these different courses of functioning have not examined pre-loss functioning. METHODS We used data from a prospective population based study to examine depression and gr...

Objective: Grief is one of the most painful experiences of the humans after linking emotions. In the literature of trauma, grief and mourning can be seen on many topics. Intervention and treatment of grief seems necessary as the period of mourning is prolonged. Thus, this study aimed at understanding the effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy on spiritual well-being and emotional intelli...

Overview Definitions of Terms Grief Bereavement Mourning Types of Grief Reactions Anticipatory Grief Normal or Common Grief Stage Models of Normal Grief Patterns of Complicated Grief Prolonged or Complicated Grief as a Mental Disorder Risk Factors for Complicated Grief and Other Negative Bereavement Outcomes Situational: Expected or Unexpected Death Personal: Personality Characteristics Persona...

BACKGROUND Treatments for adolescents affected by long-term loss in low- and middle-income countries are lacking. As school-based interventions are cost-efficient and easy to disseminate, an evaluation of this treatment setting for adolescents is worthwhile. OBJECTIVE Examining the effect of a school-based unstructured emotional writing intervention (sensu Pennebaker, group 1) about the loss ...

This research aims to analyze the interactions related identification and validation of grief in Facebook groups whose purpose is give support those who are grieving. A qualitative content analysis 1,816 comments three on mourning, published between February 23 March 23, 2020, was conducted. The were grouped into 456 digital group members, from which analytic categories “identification with oth...

results in the first step, holy quran helps people avoid depression and in this regard introduces factors such as “sincerity”, “resistance”, “virtue”, “trust in god”, “belief”, “good deeds” and etc. as grief protection factors. a bunch of holy quran verses, with precise and meticulous look, point to the causes of grief such as “punishment of sins in this world and the hereafter”, “financial and...

The concept of "absence of grief" in children has been embedded in psychoanalytic literature since its beginning. The clinical phenomenon of grief in a toddler is rarely described or analysed in the psychiatric literature. Early theorists felt that grieving does not occur until adolescence due to a younger child's psychological structure, including poor object-relations development. However, da...

BACKGROUND Bereavement is a condition which most people experience several times during their lives. A small but noteworthy proportion of bereaved individuals experience a syndrome of prolonged psychological distress in relation to bereavement. The aim of the study was to develop a clinical tool to identify bereaved individuals who had a prognosis of complicated grief and to propose a model for...

Qualitative investigations have indicated that music therapy groups may be beneficial for bereaved teenagers. The existing relationship between young people and music serves as a platform for connectedness and emotional expression that is utilised within a therapeutic, support group format. This investigation confirms this suggestion through grounded theory analysis of focus group interviews. C...