The assessment of grief in refugees and post-conflict survivors: A narrative review of etic and emic research

C Killikelly, S Bauer, A Maercker - Frontiers in Psychology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Background: Prolonged grief disorder (PGD) is a new mental health disorder that will be
recognized by the World Health Organization's disorder classification, the ICD-11, in 2018 …

Toward a better understanding of psychological symptoms in people confronted with the disappearance of a loved one: A systematic review

LIM Lenferink, J de Keijser, I Wessel… - … Violence, & Abuse, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: The disappearance of a loved one is claimed to be the most stressful type of loss.
The present review explores the empirical evidence relating to this claim. Specifically, it …

Connection between the COVID-19 pandemic, war trauma reminders, perceived stress, loneliness, and PTSD in Bosnia and Herzegovina

A Jeftić, G Ikizer, J Tuominen, S Chrona, R Kumaga - Current Psychology, 2023 - Springer
In order to gain a better understanding of what happens during the COVID-19 pandemic to
those who were previously traumatized, this study investigated perceived stress and severity …

Traumatic bereavement: Basic research and clinical implications.

N Barlé, CB Wortman, JA Latack - Journal of Psychotherapy …, 2017 - psycnet.apa.org
Perder a alguien inesperadamente o de manera traumática deja a los sobrevivientes
sintiéndose abrumados ya que sus vidas cambiarán repentinamente. Los sobrevivientes …

Conflict-related trauma and bereavement: exploring differential symptom profiles of prolonged grief and posttraumatic stress disorder

C Heeke, N Stammel, M Heinrich, C Knaevelsrud - BMC psychiatry, 2017 - Springer
Background Exposure to trauma and bereavement is common in conflict-affected regions.
Previous research suggests considerable heterogeneity in responses to trauma and loss …

When hope and grief intersect: Rates and risks of prolonged grief disorder among bereaved individuals and relatives of disappeared persons in Colombia

C Heeke, N Stammel, C Knaevelsrud - Journal of Affective disorders, 2015 - Elsevier
Background Forced disappearance is a frequent phenomenon in violent conflicts and
regimes, yet little is known about unresolved grief processes as a possible outcome of the …

Ambiguous loss and complicated grief: Understanding the grief of parents of the disappeared in northern Uganda

T Hollander - Journal of Family Theory & Review, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
In the bereavement literature, prolonged grief, described in the new DSM‐5 as persistent
complex bereavement disorder, is considered a pathological disorder affecting a small but …

Traumatized Syrian refugees with ambiguous loss: Predictors of mental distress

A Renner, D Jäckle, M Nagl, A Plexnies, S Röhr… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Refugees from war zones often have missing significant others. A loss without confirmation
is described as an ambiguous loss. This physical absence with simultaneous mental …

Dialogical exposure with traumatically bereaved Bosnian women: findings from a controlled trial

M Hagl, S Powell, R Rosner… - Clinical Psychology & …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Objective In this trial, we compared the relative efficacy of dialogical exposure group
treatment using Gestalt empty‐chair method with a supportive group in the treatment of …

Prolonged grief in refugees living in Germany confronted with ambiguous or confirmed loss

H Comtesse, F Lechner-Meichsner… - Anxiety, Stress, & …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Background and objectives People often disappear in the context of displacement or armed
conflicts. Although such an ambiguous loss is accompanied by persistent uncertainty about …