ArticleThe American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry2020
Grief and the COVID-19 Pandemic in Older Adults.
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- A living systematic review of the psychological problems in people suffering from COVID-19.Journal of affective disorders · 2021Pooled it
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- The Efficacy and Usability of an Unguided Web-Based Grief Intervention for Adults Who Lost a Loved One During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Trial
- The Role of Spirituality in Coping with the Psychological Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A South African Case Study.Journal of religion and health · 2026Article
- Detecting risk for depression and anxiety symptoms among older bereaved women using text-based analysis in the Nurses' Health Study II.American journal of epidemiology · 2026Article
- Prolonged grief disorder in later life: advancing our understanding of biopsychosocial mechanisms to guide future personalized interventions.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2026Review
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- Psychological distress across 2 years of the COVID-19 pandemic differs by age and by race/ethnicity.Journal of traumatic stress · 2025Article
- Grief in the elderly: a qualitative content analysis.BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
- Grief, bereavement and prolonged grief disorder: scoping and mapping the evidence.BJPsych open · 2025Review
- Effectiveness of emotion-focused therapy on anger, guilt, and self-destructive behaviors in people with prolonged grief disorder: A randomized clinical trial.Journal of education and health promotion · 2025Article
- Age Melancholy of Older Mizrahi Women Residing in Tel Aviv as a Social Loss: Exploring Intersections of Health and Social Support in an Ethnographic Study.Qualitative health research · 2025Article
- Relatives' grief at three moments after death of a loved one during COVID-19 pandemic (the CO-LIVE study).Death studies · 2024Article
- Underscoring the Significance of Memorial Attendance in Reducing Future Psychological Distress in Bereaved Older Women.The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry · 2023Article
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- Tracking demands for seeking psychological help before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a quanti-qualitative study.Psicologia, reflexao e critica : revista semestral do Departamento de Psicologia da UFRGS · 2023Article
- Commentary on: A Call to Action: Facing the Shadow Pandemic of Complicated Forms of Grief.Omega · 2023Article
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Abstract
In few periods in human history have bereavement and grief been on so many people's minds as they are today. As the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) ravages the world, we have seen many perish in a short time. Many have died alone because of requirements for physical distancing. Even more will succumb as COVID-19 continues to spread. Moreover, deaths from other causes, numbering over 50 million annually, are also happening amid physical distancing and other COVID-19-related challenges. The pandemic is affecting the way terminally ill patients are being cared for, when and how people are dying of other causes, and how bodies are being handled and bereavement rituals performed. The bereaved are required to grieve without the support of usual social and cultural rituals. Grieving is further encumbered by cascading life stressors deriving from policies needed to mitigate the pandemic. Though we are often heartened by human resilience in response to death and other hardships, for some, the burden of this pandemic will be too much. Among other mental health problems, we will likely see an increase in prolonged grief disorder. In this commentary, we review the new diagnosis of prolonged grief disorder and outline why we might anticipate increased rates of this condition on the heels of COVID-19, especially among older persons. The authors suggest ways that might mitigate this emerging problem.
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